Firefighters Battle Morning Blaze In Carmel

CARMEL, NY — An morning fire Tuesday left a house uninhabitable in Mahopac Falls.

Mahopac Falls volunteer firefighters and Carmel police were sent at 7:20 a.m. to Agor Lane near the intersection with Austin Road for a reported structure fire.

Dive Lieut. Willie Gabay, who arrived first, described a two-story structure with heavy smoke conditions and flames pushing out the top of the front door.

This triggered the working fire mutual aid assignment and assistance from neighboring departments. The Mahopac Volunteer Fire Department assisted with a ladder truck and manpower, the Putnam Valley Volunteer Fire Department sent its FAS Team as well as Battalion 16, and the Putnam County paramedics responded. Mahopac was also requested to relocate one tanker to stand by at the Mahopac Falls headquarters.

Assistant Chief, Chris Tompkins took command and assigned the arriving crews, who went to work to extinguish the fire on the exterior of the building and performed an aggressive interior attack.

The blaze was quickly brought under control, but the home sustained significant heat and smoke damage throughout and was deemed uninhabitable. NYSEG and the Red Cross were at the scene.

The cause is still under investigation, fire officials said.