Two Fires Damage Buildings on Binghamton’s West Side

Binghamton firefighters battled a pair of separate blazes on the city's West Side Tuesday morning.

The first fire broke out in a commercial and residential structure at 188 Main Street. A passerby spotted smoke coming from the building at Main and Florence streets around 7:20 a.m.

Two businesses - the Yummy Market convenience store and Caribbean Patty World restaurant - are located on the first floor. There are a dozen apartments on the second and third floors of the wood-frame structure.

Some of the residents had not evacuated the building by the time the first police and fire units arrived. No injuries were reported.

The fire damage appeared to have been confined to the basement and a section of the first floor.

The Red Cross was called to assist about 15 residents who were displaced by the fire.

It was not known when the convenience store and restaurant might be able to resume operations.

About an hour after the Main Street fire was reported, a blaze broke out at a single-family house a short distance away.

That fire occurred in a residence at 3 Westmoor Place. Some of the firefighters who were at the Main Street scene were sent to the second blaze in the house located across the street from the West End Armory.

One firefighter sustained minor injuries when he fell through a roof while working to ventilate the house. Mayor Jared Kraham said the firefighter was evaluated and he "appears OK."

No information was immediately available about what caused the two fires.

This story was updated to include information about an injured firefighter at the Westmoor Place residence.

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