Photos: Firefighters respond to early morning fire
On March 1, at 1 a.m., firefighters responded to a fire that broke out in the second floor of 20 Academy St. in Owego, N.Y. According to witnesses at the scene, flames were racing up the sides of the house when the first responders arrived on the scene.
There were no injuries reported, although EMS personnel treated an elderly woman from a nearby residence. Other departments that responded included Tioga Center and Campville. The Owego Police Department and Tioga County Sheriff Deputies were also at the scene to assist.
There is no further information for this reporting.
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- Emergency Services volunteers provide refreshments to firefighters on the scene of a structure fire at 20 Academy St., Owego on March 1, 2013. Assistant Chief Morris of the Owego Fire Department said of the Emergency Services volunteers, “They’re awesome, a great asset to us.” The Emergency Services personnel brought coolers full of drinks and sandwiches which they handed out to firefighters.
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- Smoke still pours out of a hole cut into the roof of 20 Academy St., Owego on March 1, 2013. A tongue of small flames still licked out of the peak of the roof on the right an hour after firefighters arrived on the scene.
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- On the right in the white hardhat is Chief Ed Franz of the Owego Fire Department on the scene of a second floor fire inside 20 Academy St., Owego on March 1, 2013.
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- Tioga Center ‘Green Tags’ – firefighters extensively trained to enter burning buildings and fight fires – watch as lights are raised atop this truck. They came to aid their fellow firefighters from Owego at the scene of a structure fire at 20 Academy St. in Owego, on March 1, 2013.
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- Firefighters from Tioga Center watch as spotlights are raised on their fire rescue truck. Specialized equipment like this light equipped truck and the ladder truck from Campville work in coordination via mutual aid when danger calls in Eastern Tioga County.
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- Firefighters from Owego prepare to enter 20 Academy St. during the morning of March 1, 2013. A fire was reported shortly before 1 a.m., and flames were showing when firefighters arrived.
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- - Owego police Officers and Tioga County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to 20 Academy St. to secure the scene after it was ascertained that nobody was inside. A fire broke out on the second floor of 20 Academy St. in the early morning hours of March 1, 2013.
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- -An Owego EMS technician works on an elderly woman in the back of a sedan on Academy Street, Owego. The 90-year old woman was treated for an unknown ailment, possibly as a result of the structure fire next door at 20 Academy St.
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- An elderly neighbor was treated by EMS technicians on the scene and escorted back into her house as firefighters worked on 20 Academy St. during the early morning hours of March 1, 2013.
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- Firefighters on the porch of 20 Academy St., Owego, preparing to enter the structure.
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- Smoke can be seen coming out of the side windows of this house at 20 Academy St. in the village of Owego. Nobody was injured in the early morning fire.
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- At approximately 1 a.m. Friday, a working structure fire was reported at 20 Academy St. in Owego. Flames were racing up the sides of the house when the first responders arrived on the scene. Pictured is a ladder truck from Campville, extending to aid in the firefighting effort.
