Fire Destroys Dutchess County Home

A fire tore through a Dutchess County home. On Sunday around 11:40 p.m., multiple local fire departments responded to a two-alarm fire at a home on Spencer Lane in Red Hook.

In photos and video that can be seen below, first responders were met with a raging fire and black smoke. By the time the fire was put out, most of the home had been destroyed.

Crews worked together to extinguish the fire and perform overhaul while a tanker was used to shuttle water from a nearby pond, officials say.

By 3 a.m. Monday the scene was cleared. Fire departments from Red Hook, Rhinebeck, Tivoli, Milan, Clermont and Livingston battled the blaze. EMS from Rhinecliff and Tivoli as well as Northern Dutchess Paramedics, the Dutchess County Sheriff’s Office and Central Hudson were also on the scene.

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