Raw video & radio traffic from two-alarm double fatal house fire in Cheektowaga, NY
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Video and radio traffic by Don Murtha (murthad02) from this morning’s double fatal house fire Cheektowaga, New York (Erie County). Spotted at TheBravestOnline.com.
Blue and yellow tarps surround a home on Furlong Road, in Cheektowaga. An early morning fire consumed the home, killing two people inside. One person was found right near the front door.
Cleveland Hill Fire Chief Joe Lewis says firefighters had to work from the outside in.
Lewis said, “We could see from the front door that the first floor had collapsed. It was just too dangerous to enter so we had lines all over trying to hit it from the outside to knock it down enough so we could see to try to make entry.”
Firefighters climbed ladders to access the roof, where they cut holes to create vents as smoke billowed from the home.
Lewis said, “With it being a brick structure it holds the heat in, so the only place to vent is through the floors and out the roof.”
