In spite of an annual ban on open burning in New York State, officials are blaming burning debris near a barn for a fire in Vestal that damaged the structure.
The owner of a farm in Chenango County is assessing the future of the long-time operation after fire destroyed the barn on Clark Lane in New Berlin, killing hundreds of pigs inside.
Fire officials in Broome County are crediting neighbors armed with buckets of water for knocking down an arson fire on Twist Run Road in the Town of Union.