WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS – A late afternoon fire in a multiple residence at 35 Chaffee Road in While Sulphur Springs totally destroyed the building.
The blaze broke out around 3:40 p.m. and brought out a number of area departments, said Sullivan County Fire Coordinator John Hauschild.
“Thirteen people were displaced and the house was totally destroyed,” he said. “During the middle of that, the neighboring department had a motor vehicle accident, and the other neighboring department had an ice rescue.
Several tanker trucks had to be brought in to provide water to fight the flames.
The cause of the blaze is under investigation. There were no immediate reports of injuries.
