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8 a.m. 10 a.m. Noon 2 p.m. 4 p.m.
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6-7: High
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High/low ......................................... 39°/16°
Normal high/low ........................... 31°/15°
High ...... Bennington ............................. 41
Low ....... Lyndonville ................................ 4
24 hours through 3 p.m. yesterday .. 0.00”
Month to date (normal) ........ 1.44” (2.35”)
Year to date (normal) ........... 1.44” (2.35”)
Brattleboro through 3 p.m. yesterday
Today 3:01a 9:12a 3:23p 9:33p
Saturday 3:48a 9:59a 4:09p 10:20p
Sunday 4:33a 10:44a 4:55p 11:06p
Monday 5:17a 11:29a 5:40p 11:51p
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Today 7:09 a.m. 4:58 p.m.
Saturday 7:08 a.m. 5:00 p.m.
Today 10:45 p.m. 9:51 a.m.
Saturday 11:42 p.m. 10:20 a.m.
Hours of daylight today 9 hr., 49 min.
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Q: What is the tail end of a storm often
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TODAY TONIGHT SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY
Mostly cloudy with
snow showers
Breezy early;
partly cloudy
Cloudy, a flurry in
the p.m.
Mostly cloudy
Mostly cloudy,
showers around
24°High: 37° 16°Low: 24° 39°/27°38°/26° 46°/32° 45°/33° 50°/30° 53°/32°
left plugged in overnight.
Stephanie, Shane, and their
two children safely evacu-
ated the home.
“The adult male occupant
then re-entered the dwelling
in order to rescue their pet
dogs,” stated a press release
from the Putney Fire De-
partment. “The adult male
suffered a superficial burn
to his face, smoke inhala-
tion, a foot injury, and cold
exposure to his feet. He was
transported to Brattleboro
Memorial Hospital by Res-
cue Inc. for evaluation and
treatment as necessary.”
The four family mem-
bers and the dogs exited the
home, but unfortunately
two cats did not survive.
“We got everyone out but
two animals, we lost our
cats,” said Shane. “They
didn’t burn, but they just
passed from smoke.”
Shane called 9-1-1 around
7:25 a.m., the Putney Fire
Department arrived at the
scene at 7:33 a.m., and two
additional tankers were
called in. Mutual Aid com-
panies from Dummerston,
Westminster and two am-
bulances from Rescue Inc.
were also dispatched. The
fire was declared “under
control” at 08:01 a.m. after
hose lines were stretched by
firefighters into the kitchen
and living rooms areas.
The press release also
stated that Stephanie and
Shane were in need of med-
ical evaluation and care due
to smoke inhalation and
exposure. Their two chil-
dren were uninjured. Af-
ter Shane had been trans-
ported to BMH the remain-
ing three family members
were moved to the Putney
Fire Department where
they were met by represen-
tatives from the American
Red Cross and Putney Fam-
ily Services.
The children spent the
rest of the afternoon with
their grandmother, but
when Shane and Stephanie
returned to their home, they
found their trailer had suf-
fered significant heat and
smoke damage throughout
the remaining interior of
the dwelling.
“Right now it’s trying to
just get what’s salvageable
out of there, which is what
we’re doing now, and sadly,
our four dogs are being kept
in the van,” said Stepha-
nie. “We’re going to see if
we can at least get our chil-
dren’s clothes out of there
if they are not smoke dam-
aged. But a lot of stuff my
son just got for his birthday
and Christmas — all of his
toys are destroyed.”
The Goldsmith family is
now without their home,
and they have lost many of
their possessions to the fire.
They were able to gather a
few sentimental items, in-
cluding the urns of their
two older children who died
in 2007 and 2010.
“Thankfully the things
that I wanted most, we were
able to get out, like my chil-
dren’s urns,” said Stepha-
nie. “My first son died of
sepsis at 6-months-old and
my second daughter was
born too premature.”
Stephanie expressed her
great gratitude that her two
children, husband and dogs
survived the fire. She men-
tioned that all of the mate-
rial belongs that were dam-
aged are simply “replace-
able.”
“I don’t really care about
all that stuff,” said Steph-
anie pointing to the appli-
ances that had been pushed
outside. “That stuff is re-
placeable, after I’ll I’ve been
through, all of that crap is
absolutely replaceable. My
kids and my family are not.”
The fire was investigated
by members of the Putney
and Brattleboro Fire De-
partments, and was deter-
mined to be electrical in na-
ture. Due to injuries to the
occupants, a fire investiga-
tor from the Vermont State
Police Fire Investigation
Unit was notified and the
circumstances surround-
ing the fire were reviewed.
Stephanie said they did
not own any fire extinguish-
ers and according to the
Putney Fire Department,
no smoke or carbon monox-
ide detectors were installed
within the home.
“In the wake of the events
that transpired during this
incident, we would like to
remind everyone as to the
importance of installing
and maintaining smoke
and carbon monoxide de-
tectors within their homes;
and to never re-enter a fire
or smoke filled environment
once they have left,” stated
a press release from the
Putney Fire Department.
“I don’t have home own-
er’s insurance, we have two
car payments and two kids
and my husband is the only
one that works because I
have depression and anxi-
ety stemming from my two
previous children passing
away,” said Stephanie.
Because the Goldsmith’s
home is not habitable, the
Windham Foundation is
providing a home for the
family and four dogs for the
next couple of weeks. In ad-
dition, food, clothing, and
additional personal needs
items were provided to the
family by individual mem-
bers of the Putney Fire De-
partment, the Putney Diner
and Putney Family Services.
“Everyone was here a lot
quicker than we expected,
and we want to thank ev-
eryone,” said Stephanie.
The Putney Fire Depart-
ment thanked the respond-
ing mutual-aid depart-
ments for their efforts, and
the staff at the Putney Diner
for their support.
Fire
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KRISTOPHER RADDER — REFORMER STAFF
Stephanie Goldsmith looks over her living room where an
early morning electrical fire tore through her home at 252
Town Line Road in Putney Thursday morning.
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