Fully Involved Structure Fire Destroys Home In Kiryas Joel [VIDEO]

Kiryas Joel - Firefighters responded early Tuesday evening to the scene of a reported structure fire at 5 Buchanan Drive in the village of Kiryas Joel.

Arriving officers instantly requested mutual aid from surrounding fire departments to assist and cover for a fully involved fire.

According to MidHudsonNews an elderly woman was in the basement of the structure and was rescued by emergency personnel.

But according to IPN the fire was in a 2.5 "Vacant" dwelling.

The Kiryas Joel EMS (Hatzolah VAC) responded to the scene on standby and were not needed.

For a video taken from the scene scroll down to the bottom of this page.

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