NY Firefighters Hurt Battling Suspicious Garage Fires

    April 9, 2019
    Buffalo crews tackled a series of garage fires early Tuesday, and a 20-year-old man was arrested stemming form the incidents, which caused more than $80,000 in damage.

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    Buffalo, NY, Fire Department
    Two Buffalo firefighters were hurt while battling a series of garage fires early Tuesday in the city's Elmwood Village neighborhood.
    Two Buffalo firefighters were hurt while battling a series of garage fires early Tuesday in the city's Elmwood Village neighborhood.

    Two New York firefighters were injured early Tuesday as crews tackled a string of at least five garage fires that authorities believe to be arson.

    The fires happened around Buffalo's Elmwood Village neighborhood, with firefighters responding to the first blaze just after midnight and the call for the fifth incident coming at about 3:30 a.m., WBEN-AM reports. Authorities estimate that the fires caused more than $800,000 in damage, and the Buffalo Fire Department said all the locations were large two-story garages.

    An official at one of the fire scenes told WKBW-TV that the two firefighters suffered minor injuries. Details on how they were hurt were not given.

    A 20-year-old Buffalo man was taken into custody by police, and he faces 18 charges stemming from the fire fires, The Buffalo News reports. Police allege that the man traveled to each scene on a bicycle, and he was arrested in a garage in the area.

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