3 - Alarm Fire. Newburgh, NY 6•Jan•12

There really isn't any additional commentary I need to add in helping to explain these images from a stubborn fire early this morning that destroyed multiple business in a small shopping plaza not far from home... ~cg.

Ron Palmer reacts at the scene of a three-alarm fire at Algonquin Plaza, 190 South Plank Road in the Town of Newburgh, NY on Friday morning, January 6, 2012. His business, Monell's Camera Shop was severely damaged by the fire. CHET GORDON/Times Herald-Record

Ron Palmer (right) is comforted by his father Ray Tadry (left) at the scene of a three-alarm fire at Algonquin Plaza, 190 South Plank Road in the Town of Newburgh, NY on Friday, January 6, 2012. Palmer's business, Monell's Camera Shop was severely damaged by the fire. CHET GORDON/Times Herald-Record