No injuries are reported following a two-alarm house fire in Endicott early January 27.
Broome County Emergency Services officials say the blaze at 325 O Dell Avenue was reported at 1:44 a.m.
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Initial reports indicated a fire on a porch and a caller had said they heard a loud bang. The second alarm was quickly initiated and firefighters from Endwell and Vestal joined Endicott crews on the scene. Several other departments sent emergency response units or were placed on standby.
Authorities say all five residents of the house were able to get out safely.
New York State Electric and Gas responded to deal with an electrical wire down at the house.
Broome, Tioga, Chenango, and Delaware are among 18 counties New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has declared State Disaster Areas due to the December 16-17 record snowfall.
In making the declaration, the Governor says local governments have more flexibility and possible federal funding to aid in speedy recovery.
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Meanwhile, Broome County Emergency Services officials are offering vital safety reminders in the aftermath of the big snow including keeping children from tunneling under the snow, which could collapse, trapping and suffocating kids; or playing in snow plow piles next to the road where they could be hit by passing vehicles and plows.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced initial plans Wednesday for New York state s COVID-19 vaccine distribution, and now local health care centers in the Southern Tier will be charged with distributing the shots as early as this weekend.
How county and hospital officials plan to roll out the vaccinations, however, was not clear hours after Cuomo announced the Southern Tier region will get 4,500 of the first 170,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine in the state.
Nursing home residents and staff, along with high-risk health care workers, will be prioritized for initial vaccinations.
Officials said Wednesday they are still forming plans for distributing the vaccine, which Cuomo said could be made available to the general public in the state in February.