By Mid-Hudson News Staff
Publication Date: 2026-04-04 08:46:00
SOMERS- Firefighters from Putnam and Northern Westchester spent several hours battling a suspicious fire that damaged a room inside the massive former IBM facility on Route 100 in Somers.
The blaze was reported around 10:30 a.m. Somers Fire Department was dispatched to the vacant building after citizens reported seeing smoke coming from the facility.
Crews found no visible fire or smoke from the outside of the building; however, once firefighters entered, they were greeted by a heavy concentration of smoke.
Since the building is massive containing difficult interior conditions and a limited nearby water supply, officials summoned mutual aid from surrounding agencies including the Mahopac, Mahopac Falls and Putnam Valley departments from Putnam in addition to units from Croton Falls, Goldens Bridge, Mohegan Lake, Yorktown, Katonah, Millwood and Bedford.
Firefighters found a room and its contents ablaze which was extinguished.
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