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A tractor fire has been reported at Scalia's Landscape, 8106 State Street Road, Batavia.

The bobcat is not near any structures.

Town of Batavia Fire is responding.

A "large brush fire" moving into the woods has been reported in the area of 9980 Harper Road, Corfu.

Darien Fire has been dispatched.

UPDATE 3:45 p.m.: Chief on scene reports large brush fire, but not heading into the woods. He's going to explain the new burn laws to the property owner. Darien units, except 46, being put back in service. Incident address corrected to 9990 Harper Road.

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The odor of smoke inside the building has been reported at 12 Myrtle St., Le Roy.

Le Roy Fire and Le Roy Ambulance have been dispached.

UPDATE 11:38 a.m.: Chief on scene reports visible smoke coming from the building. Additional manpower requested.

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Darien Fire is responding to a reported grass fire north of the CSX railroad crossing and Countyline Road.

The fire is south of Route 33.

UPDATE 9:09 p.m.: Fire extinguished. All Darien units back in service.

Two cars are reportedly on fire at 6005 Bartof Road, Stafford.

Stafford fire is responding.

UPDATE 9:19 p.m.: Both car fires are out.

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A caller has reported smoke coming from the basement at a residence at 7875 Fotch Road, Byron.

The residence was reported still occupied at the time of the dispatch.

Stafford and Town of Batavia Fire have been dispatched.

UPDATE 2:39 p.m.: Residence is evacuated. Asst. chief on scene reports, "nothing showing."

UPDATE 2:41 p.m.: Chief reports light smoke. He's requested a thermal-imaging camera to check the structure in the basement.

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On Saturday, the Le Roy Fire Department held its annual awards banquet at Bohn's. Chief Mike Sheflin submitted this picture. From left are, Fire Chief Mike Sheflin, 1st Assistant Fire Chief Tom Wood, recipient of the Fire Chiefs Commendation Award, Past Chief Rick Bater, recipient of the Firefighter of the Year Award, and 2nd Assistant Chief Dale Erhardt.

Residents at 61 Myrtle St., Le Roy, report the strong smell of smoke coming from a downstairs apartment, but there is no smoke showing.

Le Roy Fire and Bergen Fire are responding.

An assistant chief on scene reports nothing showing.

UPDATE 1:53 p.m.: Le Roy still on scene investigating.

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A fire alarm with smoke in the building has been reported at 2977 Shelby Road, Oakfield.

Oakfield Fire responded first. Elba and Alabama are also being dispatched. Town of Batavia is requested to the Oakfield fire hall.

UPDATE 10:31 a.m.: The smoke is coming from a dishwasher. Firefighters are going to ventilate the room.  Batavia fire has been sent to Tonawanda Creek as a draft site. East Pembroke asked to respond to the Oakfield hall for standby.

UPDATE 11:23 a.m.: Units starting to go back in service.

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Multiple callers are reporting a car fire in the westbound lane of the Thruway at mile marker 400.

Pembroke and Indian Falls Fire is being dispatched.

A grass fire has been reported just off the Thruway near Route 98.

Town of Batavia Fire is responding.

UPDATE: All units back in service.

This locomotive fire this evening sounded pretty interesting, so I drove out to get some pictures. The place I found to park required me to hike through some brush. The idea of making the same trip back wasn't appealing, so I asked Stafford 2nd Asst. Chief Scott Kibler for a ride to my truck.

We weren't on the road 90 seconds when a call came in for a brush fire on Roanoke Road, so at that point, I was along for the ride, like it or not (I thought it was great to go out with Stafford on a call from beginning to end).

After the jump are pictures from both the train situation and the Roanoke brush fire.

Thanks to Chief Dave Rumsey for getting me back to my truck after the incidents ended.

Stafford Fire is en route to 9418 Roanoke Road, near Wescott Road, to a reported grass fire into the woods. Le Roy is also responding.

A call came in for a locomotive fire south of Griswold Road in Stafford. There is smoke visible. Shortly after that call another call came in for a grass fire near the railroad crossing at Beaver Meadow Road in Bergen.

The Stafford fire is apparently not accessible via Griswold Road and a chief is suggesting crews try to get to it from School Road.

South Byron is responding to the Beaver Meadow fire.

UPDATE: There is heavy smoke across Griswold Road and because of concerns about potential toxic fumes, Griswold is being close. CSX is in the process of shutting down other train traffic on the line.

UPDATE: There is reportedly 3,000 gallons of oil contained in the locomative. The oil has burned off at this point and an investigation is under way. There are also container cars for ethanol, but those are empty. Firefighters are notified that there's a westbound train going through Bergen.

UPDATE: There's a strong wind advisory in effect from the National Weather Service, with notice of thunderstorms possible. The thunderstorms are just now coming off Lake Erie.

UPDATE: There's still no word from the train service, CSX, about whether tracks are shut down. A rep is expected on scene within 45 minutes.

UPDATE: In Darien, there's a report of a rubbish fire. The Stafford fire is under control, but still being worked. Darien is also asked to fill in for Stafford.

UPDATE: The locomotive fire is determined to fueled by a combination electrical means and diesel fuel. Firefighters say they saw the fire well before they could reach it and by the time they got to it, the fuel had burned itself off. The fire scene can't be cleared until the railroad rep gets there, but dispatch is informed that due to a backlog of work, they won't be able to get someone there as soon as expected.

UPDATE: The railroad rep is on scene or en route to the scene. The railroad company has also requested a haz-mat team to the scene. The train is not expected to move for another three or four hours.

Although originally reported as a barn fire, the incident at 5633 Tower Hill Road in Byron is not a structure fire, according to the Byron chief.

Bryon units still responding. The ladder truck was canceled. Town of Batavia's Fast Team was canceled.

The chief requests DEC to respond to the scene.

UPDATE (4:42 p.m.): An ambulance has been requested to the scene.

UPDATE (4:47 p.m.): A tanker from Bergen and Elba are being requested to the scene of what is now said to be a rubbish fire.

UPDATE (4:12 p.m.): An engine from Bergen is requested to fill in at the Byron Fire Hall and a tanker from Stafford is requested to the scene of the fire.

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Alexander Fire is responding to another grass fire now. This one is at 10512 Brookville Road.

Units from the Silver Lake Road fire, which have doused the fire there, on en route to the latest blaze.

Alexander Fire Department is responding to a large brush fire in the woods off of Spring and Sandpit roads. A tanker is requested from Attica.

Two Bethany tankers which had been at the scene of a fire in Covington 20 minutes ago, are heading to Alexander now.

Darien Fire is filling in at Alexander Fire Hall.

Pavilion Fire is responding to a shed fire at 1252 Silver Lake Road in Covington, Wyoming County. The location is between Love Lake and Dodson roads.

A brush truck and engine from Wyoming County is requested. A full-manpower response is requested. The fire is reported to be about 50 feet from the house on the property.

A tanker is requested from Bethany and from Perry Center.

UPDATE (1:46 p.m.): The shed fire is contained and the firemen are working to put out the grass fire. Tankers en route are told to continue, non-emergency.

A large grass fire has been reported in the area of 545 Bloomingdale Road, on the Tonawanda Indian Reservation.

It is reportedly moving toward a structure.

Alabama Fire has been dispatched.

A large field is reportedly on fire in Texaco Town and Pavilion Fire Department is responding, as is Town of Batavia.

The location is Route 20 west of Route 63, or Route 63 south of Route 20, into Bethany's fire district.

The responders say the area is the same one wherein the property owner has been notified not to conduct open burning.