Home badly damaged in blaze in South Glens Falls

SOUTH GLENS FALLS -- A cooking fire scorched the back of a second-generation family home Thursday night at 60 Main St.

Eric D'Angelo, whose parents purchased the home in 1962, was in the residence when a person knocked on his door and told him his house was on fire.

He escaped without injuries, but had considered filling a bucket of water in the sink before fleeing, he said.

Firefighters from multiple fire companies responded to the blaze around 8:10 p.m., including South Glens Falls, Hudson Falls, Fort Edward and West Glens Falls. Traffic was also diverted around the scene of the fire, officials said.

D'Angelo said he was cooking fish on a hibachi grill, which is where South Glens Falls Fire Chief Pete Corlew said the fire originated.

By the time firefighters got to the blaze, it had already enveloped much of the rear of the two-story building, Corlew said.

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