Disasters · Natural Bridge fireNatural Bridge fire: Seven displaced, two pets killedWritten November 6, 2026 at 2:32 AM UTCWatchTranscript0:07A cat and a dog died as seven people escaped their burning home.0:11Four adults and three children have lost their home in Natural Bridge, New York.0:16All seven got out safely, but the trailer home is a total loss.0:20What started the fire?0:22Volunteer firefighters from several departments in Jefferson and Lewis counties0:26answered the call.0:27The fire was at a trailer home on Beertown Road early Thursday, November5.0:33Volunteers were called around a quarter to three in the morning.0:36That was the call time.0:38The rear of the home was already engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived.0:42Natural Bridge First Assistant Chief Mark Flint said volunteers put out the fire in0:47about fifteen minutes.0:49By then, the home had suffered damage well beyond the flames at the rear.0:53Flint said the rear was destroyed, and the rest of the home had heavy smoke and0:57water damage.0:59Firefighters extinguished the flames in about fifteen minutes, but the damage left1:04all seven residents displaced.1:06The American Red Cross said it provided immediate emergency aid to the four adults1:12and three children.1:13The children are ten, fourteen, and sixteen years old.1:17The organization also gave the residents blankets and stuffed animals.1:22The cause of the fire remains under investigation.Read the articleStory timelineHeyDex
