ADAMS, New York (WWNY) – There were no injuries reported in a fire in Adams Wednesday night.
Jefferson County fire coordinator Joe Plummer tells 7 News that the call at the multi-family home at 15 North Main Street came in around 11:40 p.m.
“It was pretty scary,” said neighbor Jennifer Nasworthy. “I walked towards the front of my house and I’ve seen flames shooting out of the front of the house.”
Plummer said the three people who were home at the time weren’t injured. Because they lost their place to live, the American Red Cross is helping them.
Main Street — which is also U.S. Route 11 — was closed between Prospect Street and Church Street while firefighters fought the blaze. The highway has since reopened.
It took crews 4 hours to put out the fire.
“Because the fire was coming up the windows and going up around the roof … the guys are in the back of the aerial truck taking apart all of the boards on the bottom of the roof because there was fire in there,” said Bob Simpson of the Adams Fire Department.
The cause is under investigation but officials believe it’s accidental in nature.
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