10/1/18 - Stockbridge house fire, 3135 Catholic Church Rd

At 3:42 PM on Monday, October 1, 2018, the SAESA (Stockbridge), Dansville, and Unadilla Twp fire departments were dispatched to a house fire, reported by a passerby, at 3135 Catholic Church Rd. First arriving units found a well involved fire in a 2 story, wood frame, balloon construction farm house. Additional mutual aid was requested from the NIESA-Leroy station for a tanker. The Leslie & Onondaga fire departments also offered personnel and tankers to assist. Command initiated a defensive attack and crews chased the fire around the entire house due to it's balloon construction and extension into the attic spaces of the structure. The fire continued to smolder and flare up in areas that could not be reached safely by fire crews. Eventually the decision was made to call in heavy equipment to finish tearing down the remainder of the structure for safety reasons and to complete extinguishment.