Photos: Altamont fire rekindled
Passers-by noted smoke coming from the rubble that remained after a fire on Wednesday morning leveled the vacant buildings on the lot.
The Enterprise — Michael Koff
Fire and ice: As temperatures Thursday afternoon hovered at freezing, icicles clung to the fallen debris from the Wednesday morning fire that leveled the buildings at 102 Prospect Terrace in Altamont. Chris Dvorscak, an assistant fire chief with the Guilderland Center fire department, hoses down one of two hot spots while, behind him, Laura Tubbs and Dez Dover, with Altamont’s department, work to quell a second hot spot.
The Enterprise — Michael Koff
Rekindled: A fired that burned down the buildings at 102 Prospect Terrace in Altamont in the wee hours of Wednesday, March 15, sprang to life again on Thursday afternoon. Laura Tubbs, right, and Dez Dover — both with the Altamont Fire Department — work to quell flames at one of two sites where the fire rekindled. Tubbs arrives with a hand line as Dover peels back rubble.
The Enterprise — Michael Koff
A flame rises from the rubble at 102 Prospect Terrace in Altamont on Thursday afternoon. The lot — which at various times housed a pizzeria and an auto body shop — is owned by Thomas and Sally Ketchum. They formerly owned the gas station in front of the lot, which has diesel, gasoline, and propane. Directly behind 102 Prospect is an Agway, which also has a propane tank. The Ketchums’ home, on Western Avenue, burned in September.
The Enterprise — Michael Koff
Taking Aim: Altamont’s Lieutenant Laura Tubbs sprays water on a rekindled fire at 102 Prospect Terrace as Dez Dover keeps watch on Thursday afternoon. Passers-by noted smoke coming from the rubble that remained after a fire on Wednesday morning leveled the vacant buildings on the lot.