A large, early morning house fire destroyed a home on Hazel Drive in Putnam Lake on Thursday.
With no fire hydrants in the area, water was carried in on tanker trucks. The family living at the Hazel Drive home were all able to get out safely, with no injuries reported.
Putnam Lake Fire Department responded to the scene, with mutual aid from Patterson, Brewster, Croton Falls, and New Fairfield and Danbury, Connecticut.
The Putnam County Fire Investigation Team was called in and are currently investigating a cause for the fire.