ILION -- Crews responded to a house fire on Barringer road in Ilion around 10 a.m. this morning.
No flames were visible from outside the home, but smoke was billowing out the windows. Firefighters had to break the window on the second floor to ventilate the smoke.
Photo courtesy of John Jewell
Photo courtesy of John Jewell
Crews had the fire under control quickly after arriving on scene.
The Ilion fire chief says the fire was in a second-floor bedroom and flames did reach the attic.
The two adults and two children who live in the home, as well as their two dogs, got out safely.
The fire chief says the fire was accidental.
Related Content
- UPDATE: Fire chief says Ilion house fire 'accidental'
- Ilion Fire Chief Retires
- Ilion Fire Department names new chief
- Cause of Ilion house fire under investigation
- 4 displaced after Ilion house fire
- UPDATE: Barn fire in Frankfort deemed accidental
- Family of 6 escape house fire in Ilion
- Neighbors rescue man from roof of house fire in Ilion
- Rome Fire Chief retires
- New fire chief at Rome Fire Department
Scroll for more content...
