BUTTERNUTS – A Butternuts family escaped a house fire earlier this evening, reported Kristin Strong, senior dispatcher, Otsego County 911.
The call came into Otsego County 911 at 7:14 p.m. this evening from the residents, who had all escaped the house without injury and called 911, she said.
By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com
PITTSFIELD – A widower and his three children were left homeless after a blaze destroyed their New Berlin home overnight.
According to Pittsfield Fire Chief Dale Ives, Richard Miller called Otsego County 911 at 1:30 a.m. to report that his home at 1485 County Highway 13 was on fire. “The smoke detectors woke them up,” said Ives. “When we arrived on scene, he told us everyone was out of the house.”
Miller, a widower, lived in the house with his three children, Brandon, 13, Hunter, 10, and Izabella, 7. His wife, Sharron, died in February after a two-year battle with cancer.