Nine people in a house that caught fire in Whitney Point are being treated for injuries, some serious.

Broome County Emergency Services officials say firefighters from multiple agencies were called to a house fire on Route 11, just south of the Whitney Point Village line at 4:43 a.m. November 29.

Whitney Point Fire was first on the scene and a second alarm was quickly sounded.

Traffic was being detoured around a portion of Route 11 in the area, starting at Collins Street for a good portion of the morning.

 

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