One man was severely burned and two firefighters were hurt in a fire that may have been drug-related.
It happened at 39 1/2 Pine Street in Potsdam at around 1 p.m.
Police located a man with severe burns in the neighborhood while firefighters battled the blaze.
“We fought it from the outside upstairs window to start with because we weren't sure of what we had at the time and then we proceeded inside the house,” said Mark Bradish, Potsdam assistant chief.
Two firefighters stretching a hose were injured. One, from Norfolk, broke an ankle. The other, from Potsdam, bruised a knee. It didn't take long to get the blaze under control.
“The guys that went in first just told me it was extremely hot at first and they got it knocked down quickly. And they did a really good job of knocking the fire down right from the get-go,” said Bradish.
All the injured were taken to Canton-Potsdam Hospital.