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5 FIREFIGHTERS INJURED AT FIRE, TAKEN TO BASSETT

5 FIREFIGHTERS INJURED AT FIRE, TAKEN TO BASSETT 3 Of 5 Cooperstown Volunteers; Propane Tank May Have Blown Five firefighters, three from the Cooperstown Volunteer Fire Department, were transported this evening to Bassett Hospital after a raging garage fire that began in the hamlet of Middlefield shortly before  9 p.m. set off an explosion, perhaps a propane tank, inside the wooden structure.  The extent of their injuries was not immediately known.  In top photo, the county’s assistant emergency coordinator, Victor…