UPDATED: Mayday as 6 Buffalo firefighters hurt. One jumped from 2nd floor in overnight 2-alarm fire. Before & after pictures. Fireground audio.
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Listen to fireground audio from Erie County Fire Wire (Mayday comes at about 7:25 into the recording.)
A two-alarm fire at 1:00 this morning in multi-family homes at the corner of West Avenue and Delavan Avenue in Buffalo.
According to Division Chief Jack Hess, master streams were being used on the address where the fire started while other firefighters were operating in the exposure building. At some point the fire in the exposure rapidly expanded, forcing the firefighters to make a quick exit. One of the firefighters jumped from the second floor and hit a gas meter on the way down.
Six firefighters were being treated for burns and other injuries. All the injuries are reported to be non-life threatening.
The 8 adults and 13 children living in the homes were not hurt.
Homes that burned this morning on West Avenue. Click the image for the Google Map Street View to see the other sides of the structure.
