Update: Clay, NY--Firefighters from six fire departments quickly put out a fire this afternoon that started in the rear of the second floor of a garage at 5599 Caughdenoy Road, Clay. “When we arrived we had heavy smoke and flames showing from the second floor of the garage,” said Clay Fire Chief Dan Ford. Firefighters were called at 3:09...
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Clay, NY--Firefighters from six fire departments quickly put out a fire this afternoon that started in the rear of the second floor of a garage at 5599 Caughdenoy Road, Clay.
“When we arrived we had heavy smoke and flames showing from the second floor of the garage,” said Clay Fire Chief Dan Ford.
Firefighters were called at 3:09 p.m., and the fire was put out 19 minutes later, he said.
“We pretty much had it stopped as it was going into the house,” the chief said.
The fire started in the rear of the garage’s second floor, Ford said. Fire investigators are looking for the cause of the blaze, he said.
Heavily aware of the temperature, Ford said he called in extra firefighters from other departments. No one was injured in the fire.
Firefighters mopped sweat from their brows and drank bottled water as they sat on folding chairs in a recovery area set up underneath some nearby trees.
Maureen Bauer, a neighbor at 5577 Caughdenoy Road, said she was unaware of the fire until she heard firetrucks pulling up next door.
When she came out to see what was happening, "there were big flames coming out of the roof of the garage," Bauer said.
Responding to the blaze were firefighters from Clay, Brewerton, Cicero, South Bay, Moyers Corners, and North Syracuse. Firefighters from Mattydale and Caughdenoy stood by in Clay’s stations.
Ambulance crews from NOVA, NAVAC and EAVES also stood by at the scene, as did a Red Cross Disaster crew.
Earlier:
Clay, NY -- Five fire departments and two ambulance corps are on the scene of a structure fire this afternoon in the town of Clay.
The fire was reported at 3 p.m. in a structure at 5599 Caughdenoy Road. The fire was reported as being in a garage. Firefighters reported to 911 about a half hour later that the fire is out.
Reporter Charley Hannagan is on the scene and will update this report with more details as they become available.