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Firefighters Fight Flames in Freezing Temperatures

ORANGEVILLE — Flames chased a family into the bitter cold Wednesday morning in Columbia County. Crews rushed to the home on Main Street in Orangeville jus...

ORANGEVILLE -- Flames chased a family into the bitter cold Wednesday morning in Columbia County.

Crews rushed to the home on Main Street in Orangeville just after midnight.  Firefighters said the flames started in the chimney and spread to the rest of the place, which the fire chief said was recently remodeled.

Authorities said two adults and a child lived here.  All of them made it out of the home safely and are staying with friends.

The fire chief tells Newswatch 16, temperatures in the teens forced crews to battle plenty of ice as well as the flames.

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