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Smoking van just had a woodstove in it

By NATHAN BROWN, Enterprise Staff Writer
POSTED: March 3, 2010

LAKE PLACID - Driving a van with a lit woodstove inside probably isn't illegal.

The Lake Placid Volunteer Fire Department received a call at 2:39 a.m. Wednesday about a van on fire in the parking lot of the Best Western Adirondack Inn, on Main Street. When volunteers arrived, they found out that the smoke pouring from the roof of the full-sized van was coming from the woodstove inside.

The first row of seats in the van behind the driver's seat had been removed to make room for the woodstove, and the smoke had been coming from the chimney, which exited the vehicle through a hole in the roof.

The van's occupants were apparently hotel tenants. The fire department didn't have any further information about them, as there was no need for volunteers to take action once it was determined they didn't need to put out the fire.

Village police Sgt. Carol Hayes said the department was investigating the matter, but there doesn't appear to be a law against driving a van with a lit woodstove in it.

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Contact Nathan Brown at (518) 891-2600 ext. 26 or nbrown@adirondackdailyenterprise.com.

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shipsaint
03-07-10 2:07 PM
r-e-d-n-e-c-k

shipsaint
03-04-10 9:23 PM
******* is, as ******* does

Janice
03-04-10 1:23 PM
Next week there will be a "new tax" on mobile woodstoves.

ByTheWay
03-03-10 7:58 PM
Ahh Toasty,or Toasted I just don't know

MommiePatriot
03-03-10 7:40 PM
{{{passing the marshmellows}}}

tarddersauce
03-03-10 7:36 PM
New movie coming out of Hollywood

Cheech And Chong Go To Lake Placid

jswhiteface
03-03-10 5:55 PM
Perhaps this is the answer to the ban on outdoor burning by DEC, its a "vehicle" not a "brush fire", brilliant.

iamamom
03-03-10 5:37 PM
Please tell me someone from the ADE got out there and took a picture......

LoveTheCold
03-03-10 4:59 PM
I hope the 911 caller feels stupid. If they had tried to really help they would have figured it out when they looked to see if anyone was in it.

vendor
03-03-10 4:39 PM
It's New York, are you sure there is no law against it? By the end of next week there will be.

NativeTransplant
03-03-10 4:38 PM
Wow. This gives new meaning to the term "hotboxing" a car.

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