TROY, N.Y. (WRGB) — A Troy resident is crediting quick-thinking neighbors with preventing what could have been a devastating fire after a burning object believed to be a flare struck his home Friday night near Jefferson Street.
Surveillance video captured the fiery object streaking across the night sky just after 10:50 pm Friday before it struck the side of Matt Tagliaferro’s home on the city’s east side.
Troy police told CBS6 they are still investigating and have not determined whether the object was a flare or a firework. However, neighbors who witnessed the incident are adament what they say Friday was a flare…