Has Nevele fire season begun? The first cold night of the winter, November 11, brought a 2 a.m. fire call to the Ellenville Fire Department.

“It was in one of the old houses, all the way up in the back of the property,” Ellenville Fire Chief Jody Krom said.

The buildings in question were former family homes for various members of the Slutsky family, who opened both the Nevele Resort and the Fallsview, which became Honor’s Haven. No one has lived in the houses in quite some time.

There have been three fires on the old Nevele property in the past two years. Two have been in the buildings of the resort itself, one of which produced a startling volcano of flame that lit up the surrounding area.

The two-alarm blaze was successfully put out with an assist from surrounding fire companies.

“I need to thank Cragsmoor, Napanoch, Walker Valley, Summitville, and Accord Fire for coming in,” Krom said.

The next night, at about 2:20 a.m., a call came in for another fire at the same site. The remains of the building that they saved the night before burnt down. In the process of fighting the fire, one of Ellenville’s fire engines suffered front-end damage navigating what are, essentially, ATV trails out to the fire.

The truck is being repaired at a facility in Westchester.

This is not the first time the complex has burned twice in close succession. Last January, the main building of the Nevele complex burned in a massive blaze that called in just about every fire company in the area. That fire was called "suspicious" by authorities. Then, a week later, fire crews rushed out to put out another fire on the same building.

The Ulster County Arson Task Force is investigating the cause of the November 11 fire.