By HEATHER NELLIS

For the Express

BROADALBIN — There was no rest for Broadalbin-Kennyetto Fire Company Thursday and Friday, responding to a furnace malfunction, two chimney fires, a minor motor vehicle accident, and an overnight blaze that devastated a Lakeview Road home and left one person homeless before re-igniting just hours later.

And as if it didn’t have enough on its plate, a department fire truck became partly submerged in the Great Sacandaga Lake during its response to the Lakeview Road fire.

Chief Scot Hall said the hairy events started Thursday morning with what he deemed a “furnace malfunction,” followed by a collision on Midline Road and a later call around 7 p.m. for a chimney fire at a Hatzenbuhler Road home. He said no one was displaced or injured during either instance, and firefighters’ quick response sent the team packing at both small fires.

But a call at about 2:40 a.m. Friday for a fire at 321 Lakeview Road didn’t yield the same good news. When Hall first arrived on scene, the structure was fully involved, and firefighters could not save it.

Though he has no suspicion of foul play, Hall said he immediately requested an investigation by Fulton County Fire Coordinator and Civil Defense Director Allan Polmateer into the cause of the fire “just because there were so many flames big when I got there.”

Hall reverted questions about the potential cause of the fire, and where it broke out, to Polmateer, who did not return a phone call seeking comment Friday afternoon. Staff in Polmateer’s office said inquiries are typically reverted to the responding fire company.

Fulton County’s online tax maps say the single-story, single-family structure is owned by Raymond Kissinger, who could not be reached Friday.

Hall said the department reached out to the American Red Cross to ensure Kissinger would be provided with the necessary assistance.

Hall said the homeowner made the 911 call, was able to safely exit the home, and was not injured, nor were the responding firefighters.

During the department’s water runs to the lake, Hall said the fire truck’s front end was partially submerged when the driver crept the truck too far over a ramp at the shore.

“They thought they were still on the concrete, but they weren’t, and it went through the front end of the ice,” the chief said.

Fortunately, the truck is fine and no equipment was lost, Hall said.

When teams — including companies from Perth, Mayfield, Galway and Hagaman — finally left the scene, Hall said it wasn’t long before the department was dispatched to a North Main Street home in the village for another chimney fire. That, too, yielded a quick response, and a hint of frustration from Hall, as the department starts urging residents to clean their fireplaces as early as May.

“People need to clean their fireplaces, and days like the past two show exactly why it’s so important,” he said.

On his way back from North Main Street, Hall said a passerby flagged him down to alert him the Lakeview Road fire had re-ignited about 1:20 p.m. Responders put out the flames and hot spots within an hour.