abandoned four-story factory blaze

Arsonists struck the City of Amsterdam by setting an abandoned four-story factory ablaze on Brookside Avenue just past midnight on July 15. Seven alarms were struck as flames consumed the building and the radiant heat started two neighboring houses on fire. One firefighter was taken to Amsterdam Memorial Hospital for heat exhaustion. At the height of the fire, four tower ladders, three deck guns, and several large diameter monitors were used to keep the fire from spreading and cool off neighboring structures.

 

Fire News photos by Peter Barber