Three Fires Keep SFD Busy Over the Weekend

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Firefighters responded to three fires this weekend between Friday afternoon and early Monday morning.

On October 28th at 4:27 p.m., SFD was called to the Ihsan School of Excellence at 1406 Park Street for a reported fire. Crews from Station 2 (Lodi St.) arrived in under 2 minutes to find smoke issuing from a gymnasium attached to the school. Firefighters forced entry to the building and found a fire in the vestibule of the gymnasium. It was extinguished by firefighters with no extension to the attached school, which was occupied by students and staff. They were evacuated by firefighters as soon as they arrived. There were no injuries. The gymnasium had been undergoing renovations and was locked. The fire is under investigation. Crews remained on scene to ventilate smoke from the gym.

On October 29th at 3:32 p.m., firefighters were called for a fire alarm with callers reporting “a lot of smoke” on the 7th floor of 1700 W. Onondaga Street, the Providence House Apartments, which is primarily senior apartments. Firefighters from Station 3 (Bellevue Ave.) arrived in three minutes to the 7-story apartment building. Smoke was seen coming from a top-floor apartment with an elderly resident out on the balcony. Firefighters made their way to the top floor and found a heavy smoke condition. When they arrived at the apartment, they found and removed the resident from the smoke. The fire was from cooking and did not spread from the stove. The resident was cared for by AMR paramedics.

On October 31st, at 6:07 a.m., crews were called to an outdoor fire in the 1000 block of N. Townsend Steet. Firefighters from Station 2 (Lodi St.) arrived to find a 1-story, wood-framed, storage structure on fire with bystanders reporting an adjacent house on fire with persons in it. Crews quickly extinguished the 1-story structure and successfully prevented fire spread to nearby homes. Firefighters verified no fire spread to nearby homes with thermal imagers and by removing siding. Crews checked the homes for hazards and smoke. There were no injuries. The fire is under investigation.

We thank our partners at the 911 Center, SPD, AMR and National Grid.