WNBF 1290 AM » Fire

Fenton Woman's Body Found After House Fire

Bob Joseph — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:21:55 +0000

State police say a 71-year-old woman's body was found by firefighters after an early-morning blaze tore through a town of Fenton house.

Investigators say Barbara Cadwell lived alone in the home at 311 Tunnel Road

Read More|Comment

Fire Races Through Binghamton House

Bob Joseph — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 12:58:24 +0000

An early-morning fire caused heavy damage to a vacant house in downtown Binghamton.

The blaze at 15 Tudor Street was reported shortly before 2:30 a.m.

An assistant fire chief told WNBF News the fire was spotted by a police officer. No injuries wer

Read More|Comment

Fire In Abandoned Binghamton Factory Building

Bob Joseph — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 20:17:10 +0000

A blaze at an old First Ward manufacturing plant was extinguished by Binghamton firefighters this afternoon.

Assistant fire chief Larry Ostanek says the fire at 67 Clinton Street was reported just after 1:30 p

Read More|Comment

Endwell Fire Traced To Paint Thinner

Bob Joseph — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 17:57:55 +0000

Vapors from a bucket of paint thinner were ignited by a furnace, sparking an Endwell building fire that left a woman and an infant homeless.

The blaze at 2502 North Street was reported around 7:30 Monday night

Read More|Comment

Apartment Complex Fire On Binghamton's West Side

Sean Holbert — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 18:23:01 +0000

A smokey fire continued to burn in an apartment complex on Binghamton's West Side nearly 12 hours after it was first reported.

The blaze, which broke out shortly before midnight on Saturday night at 259 Main Street, appeared to have started on the third floor of the brick structure and quickly spread to the roof

Read More|Comment

Two Dead After Suspicious Delaware County Fire

Bob Joseph — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 21:14:22 +0000

State police are investigating the deaths of two people following a house fire in the town of Walton.

Authorities say the blaze happened Tuesday at 294 John Lockwood Road.

State police say Walton village police chief Brian Laauser and Delaware County Sheriff's Office senior investigator Karl Vagts had gone to the residence in connection with a criminal investigation

Read More|Comment

Fire Damages Binghamton Student Apartment Building

Bob Joseph — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 19:18:33 +0000

A blaze in an eight-unit apartment house on Binghamton's West Side was quickly extinguished late Monday morning.

The fire at 41 Floral Avenue was reported at 10:56 a.m.

Deputy fire chief Brian O'Loughlin told WNBF News the blaze was confined to a second-floor bedroom in the two-story building at the corner of Floral and Cleveland avenues.

O'Loughlin s

Read More|Comment

Conklin Home Destroyed By Fire

Bob Joseph — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 18:41:17 +0000

Several fire departments battled a fast-moving blaze that ripped through a house in the town of Conklin today.

The fire on Millburn Drive was reported about 8:30 this morning.

A second alarm was issued a few minutes after the first fire units arrived on the scene

Read More|Comment

Fire Rips Through Tioga County Home

Bob Joseph — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 11:54:03 +0000

An early-morning blaze brought firefighters from several Tioga and Broome county fire departments to a house in the town of Newark Valley.

The fire on Settle Road was reported around 5:45 this morning

Read More|Comment

Fire Destroys Windsor Home

Sean Holbert — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 17:26:07 +0000

Several area fire crews responded to a house fire shortly after 9 a.m. on Thursday morning in the Town of Windsor.

Fire officials say the blaze completely destroyed the home located at 55 Riley Road

Read More|Comment