BRASHER-WINTHROP FIREFIGHTERS AND NUMEROUS OTHER SURROUNDING DEPARTMENTS AND RESCUE SQUADS UNDER MUTUAL AID WERE CALLED DURING THE 6:00 HOUR THIS MORNING TO WHAT WAS REPORTED TO BE A FIRE ALARM ACTIVATION AT THE HIGH SCHOOL PORTION OF ST.LAWRENCE CENTRAL IN BRASHER FALLS. THE SCENE WAS STILL IN PROGRESS AS OF NEWSTIME; NO FUTHER DETAILS ARE AVAILABLE. A MUTUAL AID CALL TO POTSDAM VOLUNTEERS WAS HEARD LATE IN THE 8 O'CLOCK HOUR FOR ALL ITS AVAILABLE MANPOWER

A DEPEYSTER COUPLE LOST EVERYTHING IN AN OVERNIGHT BLAZE THAT DESTROYED THEIR HOME, A GARAGE AND WORKSHOP.

ST.LAWRENCE COUNTY DISTRICT 4 DEPUTY FIRE COORDINATOR DAN BASFORD TOLD US THE CALL CAME IN TO HEUVELTON FIREFIGHTERS AROUND 8 FRIDAY NIGHT TO THE PROPERTY OF ROBERT GAGNON AND HIS WIFE AT 130 NEWCOMB ROAD. RESCUE SQUADS FROM RENSSELAER FALLS AND OGDENSBURG, AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS FROM CANTON, RENSSELAER FALLS, LISBON, DEKALB, HERMON, GOUVERNEUR AND RICHVILLE WERE ALL ON THE SCENE, WITH A STANDBY FROM MORLEY. BASFORD SAYS THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION, HOWEVER IT IS BELIEVED IT STARTED IN ONE OF THE OUT-BUILDINGS NEAR A CHIMNEY.

HEUVELTON FIREFIGHTERS WERE BACK IN SERVICE ABOUT 7 THIS MORNING, BUT WERE CALLED BACK OUT FOR A RE-KINDLE ALMOST IMMEDIATELY. THERE WAS NO REPORT OF INJURIES, SO FAR.