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FOR RELEASE: Monday, Jan 16, 2012

STEWART AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, NEWBURG, NY (01/16/2012)(readMedia)-- A fire in the vehicle maintenance building of the New York Air National Guard’s 105th Airlift Wing here was extinguished with damage to a section of the building and one vehicle on Saturday night. There were no injuries to base personnel or fire fighters. The cause of the fire is under investigation. The New York state civilian fire fighters of the 105th Airlift Wing’s Fire Department responded to an alarm at the vehicle maintenance building at 10:15 p.m. on Saturday, January 14. The fire fighters ventilated the building and extinguished the fire. Orange County fire investigators also responded to the scene afterwards.