Operations & Training

Fire Destroys NY Home; Leaves Firefighter Burned

Dec. 23, 2021

A Syracuse firefighter was injured battling a massive fire that destroyed a home and damaged an adjacent dwelling Wednesday morning.

By Rylee Kirk

Source syracuse.com

Heavy fire conditions greeted Syracuse firefighters early Wednesday morning Dec. 22, 2021.

Syracuse, N.Y. — A firefighter received minor burns Wednesday battling a fire in a vacant home on the city’s South Side, according to the Syracuse Fire Department.

The home at 146 Glenwood Ave. was fully engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived at about 3 a.m., according to a news release from the fire department.

The home was too dangerous for firefighters to enter and collapsed just a few minutes after they started to put the fire out from the outside, fire officials said.

It took over an hour to put out the fire. Heat from the fire caused some damage to a neighboring home.

The cause of the fire is under investigation, officials said.

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