CHESTER – One person died in a March 22 house fire, according to Town of Chester police.
Chester police said a fire was reported in a house on Tulip Lane at approximately 8:15 a.m. on March 22.
The Chester Fire Department was dispatched to the scene, and Town of Chester police also responded.
The first police officers on the scene reported that the fire was already burning through the roof of the house.
One occupant of the house was unaccounted for, but a mother had successfully evacuated with her four young children.
The first firefighters who arrived at the house quickly entered the building and located the missing occupant.
The victim was immediately removed from the house, but was found to have died as a result of the fire.
So far, police have not provided any further information about the victim’s identity.
Multiple neighboring fire departments assisted Chester firefighters at the scene.
Emergency medical services personnel from Empress Ambulance and Warwick EMS also assisted at the scene.
Town of Chester police were assisted by deputies from the Orange County Sheriff’s office.
Orange County Fire Services and the Hudson Valley Arson and Explosives Task Force investigated the fire, which was determined to be electrical in nature. The fire was determined to have originated in the living room.
The Red Cross responded to the scene to provide services to the family that escaped from the fire by evacuating.
Mike Randall covers breaking news for the Times Herald-Record and the Poughkeepsie Journal. Reach him at mrandall@th-record.com.
This article originally appeared on Times Herald-Record: 1 person dead after weekend house fire in the Town of Chester
Reporting by Mike Randall, Middletown Times Herald- Record / Times Herald-Record
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