MECHANICVILLE - An attic fire gutted a North Main Street home Friday afternoon.
According to Chief John Dunn Jr. of the Mechanicville Fire Department, firefighters arrived at 189 N. Main St. shortly after 1 p.m. and found smoke and flames coming from the two-family wood-frame house.
"It appears to have started in the attic," Dunn said, and "as soon as the wind started to get into the attic itself, it started blowing the fire downstairs to the second floor. That's where we made our stand."
A total of three people live in the house, Dunn said. According to city Police Chief Joseph Waldron, a downstairs …

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