Video: Hot day fells 8 firefighters at five-alarm house fire in Port Jervis, New York.:
Fire companies from three states answered a five-alarm fire on North Orange Street on Thursday that severely damaged two homes and left at least four people homeless.
The fire began at 106 N. Orange St., a home on a residential side street in the fourth ward of Port Jervis, just before 2:30 p.m. It quickly spread across the driveway to a neighboring house.
Derek Prall, NJHerald.com:
Eight firefighters were treated for smoke inhalation and heat exhaustion after battling a house fire Thursday afternoon in sweltering conditions.
Bon Secours Community Hospital spokeswoman Mary Decker said seven of the firefighters had been treated and released by 6:30 p.m., and an eighth firefighter had just entered the hospital about that time.
The house was gutted. Houses on either side of the property, 104 and 108, were also damaged.
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