4 Die in Upstate NY House Fire as Crews Respond to Woman’s Desperate Call

4 Die in Upstate NY House Fire as Crews Respond to Woman’s Desperate Call
Emergency responders work the scene of a deadly house fire in New Scotland, N.Y., on July 8, 2023. Jim Franco/The Albany Times Union via AP
The Associated Press
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NEW SCOTLAND, N.Y.—Four people died, including a 5-year-old girl, when a fire swept through a house west of Albany, New York, just before sunrise Saturday.

Fire crews rushed to the home after a desperate call from a woman, who told a 911 dispatcher that she was trapped in a room with a child and unable to escape through a window because of an air-conditioning unit.