Children feared among multiple dead in house fire in upstate New York

Children feared among several victims of NY fire

FORT EDWARD, N.Y. — Children were feared to be among the victims of a house fire that killed several people in am upstate New York village on Saturday, authorities said.

The blaze happened about 6:05 a.m. in a single-family home in Fort Edward, about 45 miles north of the state capital of Albany.

William Cook, a Fort Edward Fire Department spokesman, said several bodies had been recovered, but declined to say how many.

“Three occupants had made their way out and indicated there were other victims still inside the house,” Cook told the Glens Falls Post-Star on Saturday.

“Conditions at the time were so intense that firefighters were unable to make any entry into the house despite their best efforts,” he said.

The three residents were identified as two adults and a small child. They were taken to Glens Falls Hospital, then transported to Westchester County’s burn center for serious burns, Cook told the Post-Star.

Barbara Palazzo, a woman who identified herself as a family member of the victims, told the newspaper that seven children lived in the house, and said they were members of a blended family.

“The youngest is a year old and the oldest is my granddaughter, Hope, at 12 years old,” she said, adding that one of the children was carried out and another was not home at the time.

Palazzo’s home phone number was unlisted.

Washington County officials say a town parade was canceled because of the fire.