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NEWS
IN WEST SENECA FIRE DISTRICT 2 |
April 20, 2011
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Lightening
listed as cause in Clinton Street Fire After investigation was complete, West Seneca Police
Department Fire Investigators ruled that a lightening strike was the cause of
a small fire that started in a piece of machinery inside Shell Fabrication
and Design – West Seneca Police were already on location due to
receiving a burglar alarm activation at the
facility, discovered smoke and fire on the South side of the commercial building
and signaled West Seneca Dispatch to alert Union Fire Company, along with
mutual aid first alarm assignments; Fire Officials would arrive on location
and declare a Working Fire as fire was emitting from the machinery and had already
begun to spread up an exterior wall. The facility which manufacturers
custom counter tops and cabinets, is known to contain numerous flammable
materials and adhesives. With smoke puffing out open doors,
firefighters deployed two 1 ¾” lines into action to extinguish the flames
that were contained to a small portion of the building. It was estimated that
the blaze was knocked down by crews within a 40-minute period of time. There
was no extension to other portions of the structure. West Seneca Police
Fire Investigators remained on location after the fire searching for probable
causes when it was traced to lightening; which had been frequent in the area
this night, had struck the facility, causing the machinery to start on fire
and spread to the structure. No immediate damage estimate was available, Doyle Fire Company of |
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