Residents escape fires in Irondequoit, Rochester
By: WROC-TV
Updated: February 21, 2013
Residents were able to escape house house fires in Irondequoit and Rochester late Wednesday night and early Thursday morning.
Two adults and two teens were able to get out of their burning home on Dewey Avenue in Irondequoit. The fire started around 10:30 Wednesday night. Fire crews arrived to find smoke coming from a second floor window, and fire in a first floor window. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
Another fire of LeFrois St. in Rochester broke out shortly before 3 a.m. The home had working smoke detectors helping eight people - three adults and five children - to escape unharmed. A dog was killed.
Fire investigators believe it started on the home's porch and then spread to the house. Equipment and heating are being checked as a possible cause.
Two adults and two teens were able to get out of their burning home on Dewey Avenue in Irondequoit. The fire started around 10:30 Wednesday night. Fire crews arrived to find smoke coming from a second floor window, and fire in a first floor window. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
Another fire of LeFrois St. in Rochester broke out shortly before 3 a.m. The home had working smoke detectors helping eight people - three adults and five children - to escape unharmed. A dog was killed.
Fire investigators believe it started on the home's porch and then spread to the house. Equipment and heating are being checked as a possible cause.
