Area volunteer fire personnel responded to a house fire on Tamarack Drive in Old Forge at approximately 11 p.m. on Monday, July 4.
According to Old Forge Volunteer Fire Department Chief Charles Bogardus, when his department arrived at the scene the two-story house was fully engulfed in flames.
Assisting in fighting the fire were the Eagle Bay, Big Moose, Inlet and Otter Lake Volunteer Fire Departments. Woodgate Volunteer Fire Department personnel were on standby, covering the Old Forge Fire Station.
Bogardus said fire personnel were on the scene until approximately 3:30 a.m. on Tuesday, July 5, and added that the house, which was unoccupied at the time, was totally lost to the blaze.
Cause of the fire is currently under investigation by Herkimer County Fire Investigators.
