Tuesday, July 21, 2009
State police probe blaze at former Catskills hotel
State police say they are investigating a suspicious fire that destroyed a three-story abandoned building at a former Catskills hotel that's being run as a summer camp.
Troopers say Saturday's early morning fire occurred at the former Homowack Lodge in the Ulster County hamlet of Spring Glen, 70 miles north of New York City.
The abandoned building was located a half-mile from the main hotel complex on the sprawling property, which is currently being run as a girls' summer camp known as Machne Bnos (MAHK'-neh beh-NOS') Square.
The building is owned by a Congregation Bais Trana, a Hasidic Jewish group from Rockland County. The group bought the old resort in 2006.
Last week, the hotel was cited for violations by state environmental conservation officials after an oil spill at the property.
The state health department also asked for a voluntary evacuation of the summer camp after citing the facility for building violations.
http://www.fox44.net/Global/story.asp?S=10759407
Troopers say Saturday's early morning fire occurred at the former Homowack Lodge in the Ulster County hamlet of Spring Glen, 70 miles north of New York City.
The abandoned building was located a half-mile from the main hotel complex on the sprawling property, which is currently being run as a girls' summer camp known as Machne Bnos (MAHK'-neh beh-NOS') Square.
The building is owned by a Congregation Bais Trana, a Hasidic Jewish group from Rockland County. The group bought the old resort in 2006.
Last week, the hotel was cited for violations by state environmental conservation officials after an oil spill at the property.
The state health department also asked for a voluntary evacuation of the summer camp after citing the facility for building violations.
http://www.fox44.net/Global/story.asp?S=10759407
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