GAYLORD — Otsego County firefighters contended with a house fire in Livingston Township that extended into a second day on Wednesday, Oct. 15.

Otsego County Fire Chief Todd Troxel said his team arrived at a home on Brookview Lane off of Poquette Road just after 12 p.m. Tuesday.

"We were responding to a report of a fire on the roof of a residence. Upon arrival we made an attack on the fire attempting to extinguish it both from the outside and interior," Troxel said. "The fire had progressed quite a bit as we were doing that and we ran into some difficulties with getting water to the scene because of a steep driveway and the location. The house was quite tall on the front and the back."

Troxel added that the wind helped to feed the flames.

"Unfortunately, the house did sustain a signific

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