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One Dead in Village of Cooperstown House Fire

COOPERSTOWN—The Otsego County Office of Emergency Services reports that a fatal residential structure fire occurred on the morning of Saturday, November 21 in the Village of Cooperstown.

According to Emergency Services Coordinator Victor F. C. Jones, at approximately 11:20 a.m., Otsego County 911 dispatched the Cooperstown Fire Department for a reported house fire at 125 Lake Street. The Cooperstown Fire Department and the Cooperstown Police Department, along with mutual aid from the Fly Creek, Hartwick Company #2 and Milford fire departments, responded.

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