Heavy Fire and Smoke in Rochester Flames Show on Crescent Street

On November15, 2022, the RochesterFire Department was dispatched to the reported smoke and flames from a building on Leavenworth Street. Engine 5 arrived to heavy smoke coming from a single-story commercial building. Companies first attempted an interiorattack, but were forced to go defensive due to heavy smoke and fire in the building. Two truck companies began pouring water through theiraerials, and multiple handlines were also used. Asecond alarm was called foradditional manpower, and fire became visible as the roof of the building began to collapse. The fire took multiple hours to bring undercontrol and the building was eventually demolished. The cause of the fire was underinvestigation.

Firefighters fought a two-alarm fire on Crescent Street in East New York on November19, 2022. Engine Company 236 transmitted a 10-75 forheavy fire from a 2-1/2 story wood frame private dwelling. Apairof residents suffered injuries. The fire extende d to the second floorand attic area of the structure. Over100 firefighters battled the incident.