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REPORTING LIVE.. EMILY
GUGGENMOS.. NEWS FOUR AT NOON.
SOME EAST SIDE BUFFALO RESIDENTS
HAD A RUDE AWAKENING WHEN THEY
WERE EVACUATED FROM THEIR HOMES
THIS MORNING. IT'S A FIRE WE
TOLD YOU ABOUT FIRST ON WAKE-UP.
NEWS 4'S BRITTNI SMALLWOOD HAS
THE LATEST ON A FIRE THAT BROKE
OUT AND LEFT A LOT OF DAMAGE.
BRITTNI ...
BUFFALO'S BRAVEST RUSHED TO A
MASSIVE FIRE AT A VACANT HOUSE
ON REED STREET EARLY THIS
MORNING. THE FLAMES WERE SO
LARGE THEY ASKED PEOPLE IN THE
HOMES NEXT TO THE BLAZE TO
EVACUATE -- TO MAKE SURE
EVERYONE STAYED SAFE.
(()) A SUSPICIOUS FIRE ERUPTED
IN A VACANT HOME ON BUFFALO'S
EAST SIDE THIS MORNING.
((THIS FIRE WAS REALLY REALLY
BAD. THE FLAMES WERE SHOOTING
OUT OF THE TOP OF THE ROOF AND
SHOOTING OVER TO THE NEIGHBORS
ROOF OF THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR. IT
WAS REALLY BAD.)) MULTIPLE FIRE
CREWS RUSHED TO 88 REED
STREET AROUND 5:30 THIS MORNING.
LARGE HOT FLAMES FILLED THE
VACANT HOME AND SPREAD TO
OTHERS..SIGNALING THE NEED FOR A
SECOND ALARM.
((IT WAS A LOT OF FIRE. THIS
MIDDLE STRUCTURE WAS FULLY
INVOLVED AND WE HAD STRUCTURES
ALL AROUND THE INITIAL FIRE
BUILDING
THAT WE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT.))
FIREFIGHTERS EVACUATED SIX
PEOPLE FROM A HOME ON EACH SIDE
OF THE VACANT HOUSE. ONE HOME
HAS EXTENSIVE DAMAGE. FLAMES
RIPPED THROUGH THE SECOND FLOOR
AND ATTIC...LEAVING AN ELDERLY
PAIR WITH AN ESTIMATED $60
THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF WATER
AND SMOKE DAMAGE.
((IT SPREAD TO THE HOUSE THAT WE
LIVE IN.))
((SOMEONE WOKE US UP AND GOT US
OUT OF THERE.)) THE FIRE ALSO
CAUSED ABOUT 10 THOUSAND DOLLARS
OF DAMAGES TO ANOTHER HOME.
((THE STRUCTURE ON THE OTHER
SIDE. IT LOOKS LIKE THE RADIANT
HEAT MELTED THE SIDE.)) LUCKILY
THERE WERE NO INJURIES. BUT THE
VACANT HOME WON'T BE STANDING
MUCH LONGER.
((THE VACANT STRUCTURE PARTIALLY
COLLAPSED IN THE REAR. I'M SURE
THERE WILL BE AN EMERGENCY
DEMOLITION.))
FIRE MARSHALLS WILL BE AT THE
SCENE THROUGHOUT THE DAY