** Clarence NY ** - Carmine's Italian Restaurant
Harris Hill 9-1 on scene 9 while enroute has smoke showing and can see flames already through roof 1.5 story restaurant - requests 2nd Alarm to scene. Truck 6 deploys handlines for an interior attack. Command quickly pulls crews out for Defensive Operations with 90% of the building involved & partial collapse on #3 side. Crews go back in to finish off overhaul hot spots with handlines & tools. Building is a total loss.
2 -1¾" & 3 -2½" Lines in use - 3 Ladders airborne and flowing.
ON Scene:
Harris Hill: Engines 1 & 2, Ladder 6, Rescue 7 & 8
Main-Transit: Engines 1 & 2, Ladder 6; Clarence: Rescue 5
Bowmansville: Engine 3 & Truck 1, East Amherst FAST: Rescue 5
Hy-View, Clarence Center, Newstead & Williamsville filled in
Damages: $ 500K - total loss
7-11-2015 - 13:05 hrs