A possible structure fire is reported at 10820 Darien-Alexander Townline Road. A vehicle is on fire close to a residence there.
Darien Fire Department is responding along with mutual aid from Alexander.
The location is between Broadway and Buffalo Street roads.
UPDATE 11:38 p.m.: The vehicle fire is "well involved" and about six feet from the house.
UPDATE 11:42 a.m.: Darien chief reports the car fire is out and the structure was not involved.
A working vehicle fire is reported on the eastbound Thruway at mile marker 389.5. Fire units from the Town of Batavia are called to the scene. State Troopers are handling traffic control.
Multiple emergency calls to dispatch are prompting requests for all available manpower to help with emergency coverage, including traffic control at Veteran's Memorial Drive and Route 63. The latter is needed due to the two-car accident at Route 63 and Batavia-Oakfield TL Road.
UPDATE 12:30 p.m.: The fire is under control.
UPDATE 12:33 p.m.: The fire is out. The burned vehicle is a mini-van.
UPDATE 12:55 p.m.: All Town of Batavia fire units back in service.
A lawn mower is apparently on fire, reportedly on the back of a truck or trailer, in the area of 3542 W. Main St. Road, Batavia.
East Pembroke Fire Department is dispatched.
UPDATE 11:17 a.m.: A National Grid truck happened by and the driver used his fire extinguisher to put out the blaze. An East Pembroke chief is on scene investigating.
UPDATE 11:21 a.m.: All East Pembroke units held in quarters.
A caller reports the smell of smoke coming from the basement at 13 Roosevelt Ave., Batavia.
The building is being evacuated.
City Fire Department dispatched.
UPDATE 3:37 p.m.: City fire on scene. Nothing showing.
UPDATE 4:06 p.m.: City fire has cleared the scene.
A resident in the area of Randall and Buckley roads, Stafford, is apparently burning a fiberglass boat.
A caller reported seeing a column of black smoke. A first responder found the fire and said that it appeared somebody was burning the boat.
Stafford Fire Department is being dispatched to 6590 Randall Road.
UPDATE 6:41 p.m.: Photo submitted by Donna Hall.
A trailer being pulled by a pickup truck is on fire on the Thruway. Town of Batavia Fire Department is headed to mile post 386 westbound. There is also a grassfire at this location.
Update: Troopers on location at 387.7 westbound with Town of Batavia fire.
Update: Fire is reported to be out.
Update: Mercy Medic 3 to scene for subject with burns to hands and arms.
Bergen Fire Department along with Byron and Mercy Medic 3 have been called to 7111 N. Bergen Road for a possible electrical fire in a ceiling.
Caller reporting a ceiling light fell to the floor exposing burning wires.
Update: Bergen fire on location, nothing showing.
Update: Fire is reported out.
Update: Bergen fire back in service at 5:16 p.m.
A caller reports the smell of a possible electrical fire coming from the garage at 3269 W. Main St. Road, Batavia.
East Pembroke Fire Department and one engine from Town of Batavia are dispatched.
There is a report of a fire in the woods in the area of 2609 Batavia-Oakfield Townline Road, Oakfield.
Oakfield Fire is responding.
UPDATE 11:50 a.m.: East Pembroke's brush truck requested to the scene. It is a grass fire.
UPDATE 11:58 a.m.: East Pembroke's brush truck no longer needed at the scene.
UPDATE 12:20 p.m.: Oakfield is back in service.
A large plume of smoke is reported coming the woods at 951 Broadway Road. The type of fire is unknown. Darien Fire Department is dispatched.
The location is between Harlow and Warner roads.
UPDATE 12:54 p.m.: The chief says it's a small controlled burn.
UPDATE 12:55 p.m.: The fire stems from burning paper and wood. The homeowners have been advised of burn regulations. Darien is back in service.
A resident of 3 Orchard Drive, Le Roy, who suffered serious burns in a house fire early Monday morning, has reportedly told Le Roy Police that he started the fire.
Charges are pending against Paul F. Atkinson, 42, according to a statement from Le Roy Police.
Atkinson remains hospitalized at Strong Memorial Hospital where he is being treated for first-, second- and third-degree burns.
According to Le Roy Police, Atkinson said that he started the fire as a result of a disagreement he had with his father Sunday.
The release says that Atkinson made a full statement taking responsibility for the fire.
Several hours before the fire, Atkinson appears to have left a status update on his Facebook page that reads, "everyone can go to hell, tired of this life."
The fire was reported at 3:26 a.m. after the family dog alerted Atkinson's sister to the fire. Her husband, Richard Nelson climbed from a second-floor window to escape the flames and reportedly suffered an ankle injury in the fall. His wife was helped down an outside stairway by a Le Roy Police Officer.
The father, Thomas Atkinson, who owns the house, was not at home when the fire started. He was delivering newspapers.
Genesee County volunteer firefighters were called to the scene early this morning of a tanker truck fire that claimed the life of the truck's driver in Barre, Orleans County.
The tanker was carrying ethanol and the fire reportedly spread quickly into the wooded area around the accident.
To fight an ethanol fire, fire fighters must use foam, so Genesee County units that have foam cabability were called to the scene.
Units responded from Town of Batavia, Elba, Byron and Oakfield, along with Genesee County Emergency Services Unit and the county's hazmat team.
The fire is now out and clean up work along is in progress.
One Elba tanker along with the hazmat team and ESU remains on scene at this time. Emergency Coordinator Tim Yaeger said the remaining Genesee County personnel wlll be on scene yet for quite some time.
UPDATE 10:49 a.m.: The family cat perished in the fire.
UPDATED 9:27 a.m. Updated at 2:32 p.m. with addtional information included.
One person suffered burns in an early morning house fire at 3 Orchard Drive, Le Roy, the that Le Roy police classify as suspicious.
No suspect has been named in the fire.
Two other people managed to escape the blaze, one by climbing out of a second floor window and the other being helped from a second floor deck by a Le Roy Police officer, who protected her from the flames as he helped her down an outside stairway.
The call came in at 3:26 a.m. after the family dog woke one of the residents and alerted her to the fire. She called 9-1-1.
The woman was then helped from the deck by Officer Rob Tygart. Her husband, Richard Nelson, climbed from a back window when his exit path was blocked by flames.
Paul Atkinson, 42, reportedly suffered 1st, 2nd and 3rd degree burns. He was taken by Le Roy Ambulance to Strong Memorial Hospital.
Nelson suffered an ankle injury, but initially declined treatment. Hours after the fire, he requested treatment for the injury as well as a complain of pain in his side.
The fourth occupant of the home, the owner, Thomas Atkinson, was out delivering newspapers at the time the fire was called in.
Le Roy Chief of Police Chris Hayward said the investigation has not yet determined if smoke detectors sounded after the blaze started.
"The daughter was the one who called the fire in and the way it was going it probably would have been a total loss if she hadn’t heard the dog," Hayward said. "God only knows what the outcome would have been."
There are aspects of the fire scene, Hayward indicated, that lead investigators to suspect the fire could have been intentionally set.
Investigators are trying to determine who might have set the fire.
An aggressive response by the first Le Roy firefighters on scene, Bill Wood and Tom Carroll, was critical to containing the fire to two back rooms, said Le Roy Fire Chief Mike Sheflin, who also gave credit to the department's aerial crew.
"You can see where they cut the vent," Sheflin said. "It's in the perfect spot to keep the fire from extending."
Sheflin said the department quickly overcame a problem with water pressure in the neighborhood by calling in tankers from Stafford, Bergen, Pavilion and Caledonia.
The chief wouldn't speculate on the cause of the drop in water pressure and referred questions to the Monroe County Water Authority. There is water line construction currently taking place on East Avenue.
Also assisting at the scene were Genesee County Emergency Services and the Genesee County Sheriff's Office. A Mercy EMS ambulance responded on standby in Le Roy while the local ambulance was tied up on the call.
No firefighters were injured.
An electrical fire is reported coming from the panel box outside the residence at 10805 Sandpit Road in Alexander.
Alexander Fire Department is on location and advises that National Grid be notified.
UPDATE 7:40 p.m.: National Grid notified, no ETA. The firefighters are checking out the rest of the home to make sure everything is OK.
UPDATE 8:38 p.m.: Alexander Fire back in service.
A tractor fire is reported at 10071 Bethany Center Road, Bethany.
The tractor is reportedly near a barn.
Bethany Fire is dispatched.
UPDATE 11:12 a.m.: It's a skid loader. It's been moved from the barn, but still close to the structure.
UPDATE 11:14 a.m.: Fire appears to be out. Units can respond non-emergency.
There is a report of a brush fire near the back of the cemetery, off North Street in Le Roy.
Le Roy Fire and Le Roy Ambulance responding.
UPDATE 8:48 p.m.: A chief reports, "It appears to be fairly decent size ... but we're not going to get it from here." He's recommending units repond to Church Street. Another chief requests law enforcement to the scene on the Church Street side.
UPDATE 8:57 p.m.: Fire knocked down.
A structure fire is reported at 11341 Wyoming Road, in Pavilion near Route 19. The caller states that her husband says the fire is out, but it's in a crawl space and she's concerned that it might not be out.
Pavilion Fire Department is responding.
UPDATE 5:27 p.m.: The caller called back and said now there's a natural gas leak. A firefighter says the fire is out and they are investigating further.
UPDATE 5:29 p.m.: A thermal imaging camera is requested at the scene.
UPDATE 5:39 p.m.: National Fuel has an ETA of about 30 minutes.
Wires on a pole are on fire at 637 Route 19, behind a building near the railroad tracks, in Pavilion. It's about 50 to 60 feet from the roadway, posing "no immediate danger."
Pavilion Fire Department is responding. National Grid is being notified.
Also, the traffic light is out at the junction of routes 63 and 19. And a fire chief says traffic is "blowing by" without stopping at the intersection.
UPDATE 1:25 p.m.: Pavilion Fire Department has cleared the scene. National Grid's ETA is at least an hour. But all businesses in the area have electricity. State Troopers are handling the traffic situation at the lightless intersection of routes 19 and 63. The Department of Transportation's traffic detail will be responding to the intersection.
A house basement reportedly caught fire after being struck by lightning at 9977 Seward Road in Alexander.
Alexander and Town of Batavia fire departments are responding.
UPDATE 12:42 p.m.: Darien and East Pembroke fire departments are called to the scene.
UPDATE 12:50 p.m.: The Alexander fire chief says other units can respond in non-emergency mode.
UPDATE 1:27 p.m.: Darien is clearing the scene. Apparently, the fire is out.
UPDATE 1:28 p.m.: All units back in service.
A grass fire is reported off the eastbound Thruway between mile markers 379 and 380. Le Roy fire and ambulance responding.
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