NEWBURGH, NY - The City of Newburgh FD responded to a structure fire with reported entrapment at 68 Lander Street just before 11:00 P.M. on June 15th. On arrival firefighters sounded a second-alarm, bringing in the West Point, Air National Guard and Castle Point Fire Departments to the scene.

Firefighters used ground ladders and multiple hand lines to try to contain the fire before a third-alarm was sounded which brought the Good-Will, Cronomer Valley and Cornwall on Hudson Fire Departments to the scene. The area around Lander and Third Streets was blocked off by fire engines and ladder trucks while crews worked. Mobile Life ALS and City of Newburgh Police were also at the scene.

A woman, later identified as Debra Benedict of Newburgh, was trapped on the third floor where she was found deceased. Her adult son suffered burns and broken bones after jumping from a third floor window. The Orange County Medical Examiner's office was contacted.

A cooking oil fire that the occupant threw water onto which created a larger fire was determined to be the cause of the fatal blaze.