Twenty fire departments respond to Vershire fire – Journal Opinion

Twenty fire departments respond to Vershire fire – Journal Opinion

VERSHIRE—Four families were displaced after a devastating four-alarm fire destroyed a home in Vershire on March 2. Area fire departments were dispatched at approximately 9 a.m. to 9246 Route 113 in Vershire. It quickly escalated into a fourth alarm assignment. Some 75 firefighters and 20 fire departments responded to the scene or provided station coverage despite a second four alarm fire in Orange County that broke out roughly three hours earlie…