Beacon-City (Dutchess)- 2nd Alarm 08-08-07

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Date: 8/8/07

Time:17:43

Location: Newburgh/Beacon toll plaza maintenance building off of Interstate 84

Frequency: 453.900

Units Operating: All of City of Beacon 10-35 requested for all off duty career staff requested also additional mutual aid to the scene.

Description Of Incident: Second Alarm of Fire

Writer: C Bodin

Poughkeepsie Journal Online Article

Fire out at Newburgh-Beacon Bridge building

BEACON – A fire at a maintenance building for the Newburgh-Beacon Bridge has been extinguished.

No one was in the building at the time of the fire and no injuries were reported by firefighters.

A fire alarm in the building went off at about 5:30 p.m. and firefighters were on the scene shortly afterward. The fire was contained by 6:30 p.m. and reported out at 6:42 p.m., according to a statement from the New York State Bridge Authority.

The maintenance building is a steel structure located north of the bridge on the Dutchess County side of the Hudson River. There was damage to the building, some equipment and several vehicles

The cause of the fire is undetermined at this time, according to the bridge authority, but preliminary analysis indicates it was accidental.

The fire did not impact traffic, which was reported as normal and flowed smoothly throughout the event, said John Bellucci, director of planning and public relations for the New York State Bridge Authority.

Edited August 16, 2007 by Truck4