Massive Fire Destroys Red Hook Home Sunday: VIDEO

RED HOOK, NY — A massive fire Sunday night in Red Hook destroyed a single-family home and sent the owner and one firefight to the hospitable for evaluation. The fire, on Spencer Drive off of Route 9 in Upper Red Hook, began around 11:30 p.m.

The people living in the house were a father and daughter. They escaped, along with their dog, before firefighters arrived, the Poughkeepsie Journal said.

County fire investigators determined the fire was electrical in nature and was accidental. It began in the front porch area of the structure, 1strespondernews.com said.

The home is uninhabitable, and its residents will be staying with family.

Read the Poughkeepsie Journal and 1strespondernews.com.

Photos and video courtesy of Jason Brodbeck.