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Buffalo crews battle 6 fires in overnight

Sunday, July 19th, 2009

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It was an extremely busy night for the Buffalo Fire Department as they responded to six fires at six different locations overnight on Saturday, reports WVIB.com.

1.       11:30 pm: The first fire broke-out on High Street. The building affected suffered a reported $25,000 in damages.

2.       Soon after, a home on Memorial Drive caught fire with people inside. One firefighter was injured in this incident. No one in the home was hurt, but the damages could exceed $75,000.

3.       3:00 am: A building on Sycamore Street caught fire. This building is to undergo emergency demolition. The damages total about $50,000.

4.       3:30 am: A home caught fire on James Street. Luckily the home was vacant. However, the flames from the home caused damages to a home on East Eagle Street. The person inside the East Eagle Street home escaped the fire without injury. Damages to the home on James Street: $40,000. Damages to the home on East Eagle Street: $20,000. (Getting out of a burning house without an injury: ____________… You know the saying.)

5.       3:45 am: Another vacant house, this time on Cornelia Street, caught fire and collapsed as a result. Two other buildings-one on Cornelia Street and one on Fillmore Street-caught fire as well. The estimated amount of damages to the vacant home is $40,000.

6.       3:45 am: A third vacant house has firefighters hustling. Also having an estimated $40,000 in damages, this home is also set to undergo an emergency demolition.

The causes of all of these fires are not immediately known.

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