8/30/13 - Firefighters managed to extinguish a fire at a home in Unadilla Township this week before the structure was completely destroyed. The Unadilla Township Fire Department was dispatched to the fire at about 11:45 Tuesday night. They found a two-story, balloon-construction home with a perpendicular addition. Balloon-constructed structures have vertical gaps in the walls that allow fire to spread rapidly, and when crews arrived the fire was deep-seated in both stories of the addition. As they fought to contain it the fire spread to the main building. However, firefighters from Unadilla, Putnam, Hamburg, and Stockbridge fought from defensive positions and were able to prevent the home from becoming a total loss. This was the second major house fire in Unadilla in less than a week. (TD)
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