fire

When you talk about an excellent barbeque in the Capital Region, many places come to mind. This particular barbeque is award-winning and will finally have a brick-and-mortar place to call home soon in Cohoes. They are known for their barbeque trailer that does fundraisers and pop-up dinners in our area. A couple of weeks ago they had a minor setback but they just announced some exciting news about an actual restaurant!

The vacant resort that was the inspiration for Dirty Dancing is now even more vacant

After an explosion outside the bar he was in, an off-duty Capital Region firefighter had his wallet stolen as he rushed to save a family in a nearby house.

Traffic is being rerouted

The City of Troy is once again warning the public against illegal disposal of hazardous waste after a fire started in a truck because of improperly sealed acid.

Firefighters say this one was especially hard to get under control.

Two German Shepherds were rescued by first responders during a multiple house fire on 3rd Avenue in Watervliet.

A woman in East Herkimer says she "had just enough time to jump off" her riding lawn mower this week before it burst into flames which climbed some 15 feet into the air.

I've only seen a car on fire in the movies, on the news, and on TV, but to see it in person on Friday was a whole different experience.

A cigarette butt causes a devastating fire that left several families homeless on Monday, June 28 in Watervliet.

Over the weekend my mom had a fire at her house. She wasn't even aware that her porch was on fire until a couple of good samaritans rushed in to help. They all played a part in getting her and my sister out safely and ultimately saving her house. There was one selfless good samaritan in particular that we are trying to find so that we may properly express our heartfelt gratitude to him. Without hesitation, he fearlessly ran up the stairs to my mom's house and started pouring water onto the flames in an attempt to extinguish the fire until the firefighters arrived.

Prime Day is happening later this year, but that just means you don't have to hide your Christmas gifts for as long! Here are some of our favorite finds for this year's event. Be sure to keep checking back as we will update this page with new deals as we find them.