Mattresses and other items were removed from damaged guest rooms
HIGHLAND – A report of smoke in the Super 8 Motel on Route 9W in
Highland late Tuesday morning brought out firefighters who confirmed there
was a fire in the building.
Additional firefighters were summoned from Esopus and Milton to aid the
Highland volunteers along with career firefighters with an engine and
tower ladder from the City of Poughkeepsie.
Firefighters discovered a fire in one of the second-floor rooms on the
north end of the motel and extinguished the blaze. Several rooms sustained
smoke and/or water damage and firefighters pulled ceilings down in second
floor guest rooms to ensure that the fire had not spread into the attic
space of the motel.
Mattresses, ironing boards and other combustible materials were removed
from the building through the second floor hallway window.
Central Hudson Gas and Electric terminated power to the building as the
firefighters were working at the scene. Town of Lloyd Police and New York
State troopers assisted at the scene along with Mobile Life Support Services
and Ulster County Emergency Management.
Representatives from the motel were unavailable for comment at the scene.
