VIDEO: The Saratoga County Sheriffโs Office said they have charged two juveniles in connection to the fire that destroyed the historic Victory Mill Saturday. They were each charged with third-degree arson and second-degree criminal trespass. The Sheriffโs Office said the juveniles are accused of remaining in a building which was fenced in, or otherwise enclosed to exclude intruders, as well as intentionally damaging a building by starting a fire. Both of them were released to their guardians pending further action with Saratoga County Probation.
Firefighters responded to a large fire at the Victory Mill in Village of Victory Saturday afternoon. Crews responded to the Gates Avenue around 2:30 Saturday afternoon and found the building up in flames. Officials said the fire took about an hour to get under control, but firefighters were on the scene for multiple hours. The flames so large, firefighters forced to take a defensive approach.
โWeโve already made the call that nobody is going into the structure unless there was immediate life at risk. We had no reports of immediate life, when I got on scene. I was told that there was nobody in the structure at that point. It was fully involved so we took a complete defensive approach to it,โ said Chief Ryan Campbell of the Victory Mills Fire Department.
