Local Police Save Two From Burning House

Quick action saves the lives of two.

It all happened in Woodstock in Ulster County, early Monday morning as a house caught fire on Wiley Lane according to the Daily Freeman.

The fire was called in and Woodstock Police Officers, Corey Halwick and Brian Williams responded to the scene to find the house on fire.

Woodstock Fire Chief Kevin Peters told the Freeman, a man and woman were trapped on an upper porch and screaming for help when the officers arrived. He went on to say that one of the people trapped told the officers there was a ladder at the back of the house. The chief said the officers went and grabbed the ladder and brought it to the front of the house and safely had the man and woman come down.

The fire started around 4:40 am and was under control by 5:40 am.

The house was a complete loss and the fire is under investigation.