House Total Loss Following 2nd Alarm Fire in Marathon

Marathon Fire was dispatched for a reported structure fire of a garage around 4:50 in the afternoon on Thursday, November 13th. Cortland County 9-1-1 Dispatch reported the garage was in close proximity to the residence of the property at 1050 Albro Road in Marathon.

First arriving units confirmed a working structure fire with the fire extending to the residence. Marathon Fire then dispatched for a 2nd Alarm All-Hands fire to bring in additional equipment and man power to the scene.

Fire Departments from Cortlandville, Harford, Homer, Killawog, Virgil, and Willet all responded to the scene. The Marathon Area Volunteer Ambulance Corps. (MAVAC) and the Cortland County Sheriff’s Office also responded.

Chief of the Marathon Fire Department, Garrett Gates, told X101 News firefighters had the fire under control about 40 minutes from the time of the call. On scene firefighters were extinguishing flames inside the garage and residence, but also a vehicle in the driveway of the residence. Gates told X101 News the department is investigating if the vehicle was in the garage at the time of the fire and was pulled out to the driveway.

No injuries were reported.

The house, garage, and vehicle are considered a total loss, Chief Gates says. The fire department is investigating the cause of the fire. Albro Road was temporarily closed in the area to allow tanker trucks to go to and from the scene of the fire.