Belizzone receives a pair of sweatpants from a fireman after the
resident escaped the fire
in nothing but a bath towel and hoodie
TOWN OF POUGHKEEPSIE – Adam Belizzone, 22, who rents the attic
apartment in a four-story apartment building at 12 LaGrange Avenue in
the Arlington area of the Town of Poughkeepsie, was taking a shower shortly
after 7 a.m. on Friday when fire broke out.
He wasted no time getting out of the building, standing outside in nothing
but a hoodie and towel. Once the flames were quelled in the two-alarm
blaze, a lieutenant in the Arlington department went inside to retrieve
a pair of sweatpants for the displaced tenant.
Arlington Captain William Steenbergh said three of the four apartments
in the building were rented at the time of the blaze. Poughkeepsie and
Fairview fire departments were called in to assist with additional apparatus
and manpower.
Arlington Fire Department Captain Galletta said that it took about an
hour to put the fire out because it was “traveling in void spaces
inside walls, floors and ceilings from the basement and went up through
the roof and extended into the living spaces.”
The cause and origin of the fire is under investigation. The displaced
residents were assisted by the Red Cross.
