KISS Guitarist's Home Goes Up in Flames

Ace Frehley had been fighting foreclosure on New York house
By Newser Editors and Wire Services
Posted Dec 15, 2013 8:30 AM CST
KISS Guitarist's Home Goes Up in Flames
Paul "Ace" Frehley, lead guitarist for the hard-rock glam band KISS, performs with a Gibson Les Paul guitar during a concert at the Civic Center in Harford, Conn., in this Feb. 16, 1977 file photo.   (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

A suburban New York house owned by former KISS lead guitarist Ace Frehley has gone up in flames. The Journal News reports that firefighters were called to the stone house in the town of Yorktown Heights late yesterday morning. The home was heavily damaged, with flames burning through the roof. The newspaper says the musician had been fighting foreclosure on the property in Westchester County Court. The Red Cross helped a resident with emergency lodging. A neighbor says a caretaker had been living in the home.

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