What I believe was the voice of a law enforcement officer came on the scanner and said, "my car's on fire."
Alexander Fire Department is being dispatched to the intersection of routes 98 and 20.
UPDATE 1:15 p.m.: The fire is out. The car is a Sheriff's Office patrol car.
A car fire has been reported in front of the residence at 379 Martin Road, Akron.
Alabama Fire dispatched.
UPDATE 10:22 p.m.: Akron Fire was dispatched mutual aid, but told they can now stand down. Fire is knocked down.
UPDATE 11 p.m.: Alabama Fire back in service.
A person suffered smoke inhalation following a fire in an electrical box at the car wash at 13 Liberty St. in the City of Batavia.
A city fire engine and Mercy medics are on scene.
UPDATE 3:07 p.m.: National Grid is called to the scene.
UPDATE 3:09 p.m.: The fire is knocked out and they are checking for any extension of it.
UPDATE 3:12 p.m.: Mercy unit is back in service with a patient sign-off.
Photos by Frank Capuano
An unknown type of fire has been reported in the back yard of 6972 Cole Road, Le Roy.
Le Roy Fire Department responding.
UPDATE 11:01 p.m.: Landowner on scene tells a chief he thinks it may be over by Bernd Road, so the chief is checking that area.
UPDATE 11:02 p.m.: Assignment being held to one truck for now.
UPDATE 11:03 p.m.: It appears to be a campfire.
UPDATE 11:05 p.m.: Le Roy assignment back in service.
A dryer fire was reported at 61 Myrtle St., Le Roy, in the basement.
Flames were showing.
An assistent chief responded to the scene and knocked the flames down with an extinguisher.
Le Roy Fire is responding and Bergen is responding mutual aid, non-emergency.
A possible house fire is reported at 9378 Clipnock Road in Stafford. There is smoke in the residence.
Stafford Fire Department, along with Town of Batavia and Le Roy units are called to respond.
The location is between Sweetland and Torrey roads.
UPDATE 8:52 p.m.: The Stafford crew is on scene and asks responders to come in non-emergency mode. Le Roy is standing by in Stafford's hall.
UPDATE 9:01 p.m.: Stafford command says there are no signs of fire. The responders are all put back in service.
A wire is reportedly down, landing on a truck, and is burning in the area 5815 Main Road, Stafford.
Stafford Fire Department is responding.
UPDATE 8:08 p.m.: National Grid has a 20 to 25 minute ETA. A firefighter on scene reports the wire is not on the truck, but on the ground.
A tractor-trailer fire has been reported on the Thruway in the area of mile marker 389.8.
The driver reported engine trouble. The turbo was revving fast and he was unable to power it down.
The fire is contained to the engine compartment at this time.
Unknown what cargo the truck is hauling.
Town of Batavia Fire Department responding.
UPDATE 9:17 p.m.: The location is just west of the State Street overpass. The visible fire is out. The driver reports the engine has seized up. The truck is hauling welding rods.
There is report of smoke in the hallway of an apartment at 106 State St.
City fire responding.
UPDATE 10:58 p.m.: Burnt food. City fire back in service.
A trailer owned by an ardent Jack Davis supporter in Darien that was badly damaged in a fire on May 9 is being investigated as an arson, according to Chief Deputy Jerome Brewster.
But the torching is not considered a political act, Brewster said.
It's probably related to an April 1 fire in an unoccupied fire at 9427 Alexander Road, Alexander.
In both cases, holes were found in the floors of the trailers, which is consistent with somebody setting a fire and using an accelerant.
In both cases, no other cause -- electrical, natural gas, lightning, etc. -- could be uncovered.
"When there's nothing there that is believed to have been able to cause it to catch fire, then we have to look at possible human involvement," Brewster said.
No suspects have been identified.
Brewster said investigators have little to go on -- no gas can left behind with finger prints, no witnesses, no physical evidence.
"Bottom line, unless you have something that connects somebody to that fire, you’re stuck," Brewster said. "It's very difficult. Arsons are very difficult."
Brewster said investigators have been canvassing the neighborhoods looking for witnesses.
He said there's no indication the owner of either trailer had somebody motivated to damage their property for personal reasons.
The May 9 fire was at 11198 Tinkham Road, Darien. The property is owned by Charlie Flagg, a local artist who had planted 5,000 Jack Davis signs in his yard.
"When you have a structure that is not being used and all the sudden it catches on fire, all the sudden your eyebrows are going to go up," Brewster said.
Anybody with information that might assist in the investigation are asked to call the Sheriff's Office at 343-5000.
A power line is reportedly down and in the roadway in the area of 1167 Gabbey Road, Pembroke.
The line is reportedly arcing and sparking and possibily on fire.
Pembroke and Indian Falls fire dispatched.
UPDATE 9:07 p.m.: National Grid notified. No ETA.
UPDATE 9:15 p.m.: National Grid reports 75 customers without power from this spot north to the reservation.
A utility pole is reportedly on fire in the area of 9197 Alexander Road.
This is apparently the same pole that has caught on fire at least twice before in the past few weeks.
Town of Batavia fire is responding.
UPDATE 11:00 a.m.: The pole is smoldering. National Grid requested to the scene. The pole has nothing on it, but is touching the primary pole. It needs to be insulated. Town of Batavia Fire back in service. It's not the same pole as prior calls.
Amy Showler was doing a little spring cleaning in her apartment on Pearl Street this afternoon. She had just returned from taking a few things to storage and was cleaning her kitchen with bleach, so she decided she needed to open a window in her living room.
When she went into the room, she saw flames climbing up a wall.
She tried putting the fire out with water, but that didn't work, so she found her fire extinguisher, she said.
"By then the room was filling up with smoke, but I took my extinguisher and started putting out the fire," Showler said.
About that time, Cory Paris, who has a used car dealership across the street, arrived with his own fire extinguisher and started spraying the flames on the second floor exterior from the ground.
"A young man playing in the park ran over and asked to use the phone," Paris said. "When we looked, we could see the flames coming out, so we grabbed the fire extinguishers and ran over."
"The flames were pretty big," he added.
City Fire Department responded to the call and finished putting out the blaze.
The cause of the fire has not been determined.
Showler said shortly afterward that she didn't know yet how much of her property had been burned or damaged by smoke or water.
The cause of a trailer fire in Darien last night remains under investigation by the Sheriff's Office.
The fire was reported at 9:06 p.m. at 11198 Tinkham Road.
The trailer was owned by Charles Flagg and used for storage. The total loss from the blaze is estimated to be less than $1,000.
Flagg recently made news by planting more than one thousand lawn signs supporting Jack Davis for Congress on his property.
While the cause of the fire has not been determined, there's no indication the fire and his political support of Davis are connected.
There were no injuries reported.
The Darien Volunteer Fire Department responded quickly and extinguished the fire.
A fire in an upstairs apartment is reported at 107 Pearl St. City of Batavia Fire Department is responding. Medics, too.
UPDATE 12:50 p.m.: City command reports fire is knocked down. They are checking for "extensions" of the fire.
There's a report of a vehicle fire in the area of 733 Cook Road, Bergen.
Bergen Fire Department has been dispatched.
UPDATE 3:10 p.m.: Bergen back in service.
City firefighters dispatched to 16 Harvester Ave. for smoke in the residence.
No fire seen.
UPDATE 8:26 a.m.: Second alarm, second and fourth platoons requested to the scene.
UPDATE 8:33 a.m.: Fire located in the ceiling on the first floor on the A side.
UPDATE 8:41 a.m.: Fire under control.
UPDATE 9:21 a.m.: Red Cross being notified for four adults and three children.
UPDATE 12:25 p.m.: All fire units put back in service.
A tree is reportedly on fire in the area of 218 Skye Road on the Tonawanda Indian Reservation.
Alabama Fire dispatched.
A possible structure fire is reported at 3643 Dodgeson Road in Alexander. The caller reported turning on the furnace and the basement started filling with smoke.
Alexander and Town of Batavia fire departments are responding. The location is between Alexander and Wortendyke roads.
UPDATE 9:43 a.m.: A firefighter on scene reports nothing is showing.
UPDATE 9:45 a.m.: Residents say the house is now full of smoke.
UPDATE 9:49 a.m.: A firefighter says the furnace temperature gauge "reads nothing, so I don't know what we've got."
UPDATE 9:51 a.m.: A firefighter says "we're gonna hit 'em with an exhaust fan, that way we can suck some of this (smoke) out." It is advised that another responding unit come to the scene in non-emergency mode.
UPDATE 10:01 a.m.: A fire chief says "if you've got interior (firefighters) send them." A crew is going to check out upstairs.
UPDATE 10:25 a.m.: The situation was deemed a possible furnace malfunction and all units are back in service.
A transformer is reportedly on fire along Creamery Road.
Bergen Fire Department is dispatched.
UPDATE 11:08 a.m.: Pole #8198 has three transformers on it. The transformers were on fire but now the fire is out. National Grid being notified.
Copyright © 2008-2022 The Batavian. All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy | Terms of Service
