WATERTOWN — Town officials are in the preliminary stages of looking into hiring paid firefighters, and they are considering the city of Watertown to provide personnel for major incidents.
In Watertown, temperatures hit a record high on Friday. The National Weather Service reports the thermometer hit 89 degrees, breaking the 1970 record of 87 degrees.
Victim of motel room fire in critical condition, officials say
WWNY Victim of motel room fire in critical condition, officials say By 7 News Staff and Abbey Buttacavoli | January 11, 2021 at 12:53 PM EST - Updated January 11 at 10:10 PM
WATERTOWN, N.Y. (WWNY) - The man law enforcement officers dragged out of a smoke-filled motel room early Monday morning is in critical but stable condition at a Syracuse hospital.
Jefferson County sheriff deputies say 55-year-old Robert Murphy was first taken to Samaritan Medical Center after his rescue from room 112 of the Relax Inn in Watertown.
He was later airlifted to Upstate University Hospital in Syracuse.