UPDATED AT 2:42
Fire Chief Tallman
Among 5 Injured;
2 Now At Upstate
First Briefing Expected By 4 p.m.
By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com
COOPERSTOWN – Cooperstown Fire Chief Jim Tallman suffered injuries in last night's garage fire in Middlefield and was treated at Bassett Hospital, but two other Cooperstown volunteers were more seriously injured and transferred to Upstate Medical Center, Syracuse, which has specialty burn unit.
In all, five firefighters – two from other departments – were transported by ambulance from the scene of a fire in the hamlet of Middlefield, which broke out shortly before 9 last evening.
According to First Assistant Fire Chief Mike Malloy, the firefighters, including Chief Tallman and the two from other departments, were treated and released. "Two from Cooperstown Fire Department were transported last night to Upstate Medical Center and as of this morning both are in stable condition," he reports. "Please keep them in your thoughts and prayers."
Three hours ago, a GoFundMe account was set up for Jon Roach. "His friends from Bassett, including me, thought a GoFundMe is appropriate for him, as it sounds like he will have a long healing process," said Amanda Krucher, a nurse who set up the account.
