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Rte. 12B House Burns

Thu, Aug 12, 2010

Rte. 12B House Burns

A large house on 12B North in the Town of Madison near the Wendt University Inn was used by numerous local fire departments for training gave its last lesson last night.

The house, recently acquired by Wesley Wendt, burned. The house at 2295 Rte 12B was engulfed in flames when the Hamilton Fire Department arrived. The call was received at 11:15 p.m. It took about an hour to extinguish.

Assistant Fire Chief Richard Holcomb said the department not been at the house for training in the past three months. The house previously was owned by Damien Croyle, who allowed the fire departments to sue it for training purposes.

Excavation work had been going on at the property recently.

Chief Ross Hoham said the Hamilton Fire Department was assisted by the Madison Fire Department and Madison Ambulance at the scene.  The Earlville Fire Department covered Hamilton’s response area with a stand-by crew in Hamilton. 

Hoham said there were no injuries reported and the cause of the fire is under investigation.

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