Thursday, January 29, 2015

1 DEAD IN ROTTERDAM, NEW YORK FROM A HOUSE FIRE



1 DEAD IN ROTTERDAM, NEW YORK FROM A HOUSE FIRE



January 28, 2015

ROTTERDAM, N.Y. (NEWS10) – A house caught on fire in Rotterdam on Wednesday, and one person has died.

The fire was located at 1930 Rensselaer Ave. The call for the fire came in just after 7 p.m. on Wednesday. Rotterdam Fire Department District II was first on scene.

“There was a report that there was somebody in the house,” Schenectady County Fire Coordinator John Nuzback said. “They made an entry, and they did in fact find a victim.”
Nuzback said five different fire departments arrived to the scene.

“They got right into the house,” he said. “Although it was pretty well involved in the room that the victim was they got right in and got him out.”

Nuzback said Rotterdam EMS pronounced the victim dead upon arrival despite revival efforts. The sex of the victim is being withheld until positive identification.

Authorities are unsure if the victim lived alone.

Officials have not begun an investigation into the cause of the fire, but they do not believe it to be suspicious.

“Not at this point,” Nuzback said. “We have to get in and take a look around, and we have help coming from Office of Fire and Prevention and Control for technical assistance from them.”