Fire

Firefighters responded to another fire at 10 Carl St. early Monday morning. The fire at 10 Carl St. spread to a neighboring home at 12 Carl St. which firefighters were able to quickly extinguish. There were no injuries and no one was found in either home. There were reports of a couple of dogs that […]

Over 100 firefighters  responded to a massive explosion that happened in Greece last night around 6:00 pm. Luckily, nobody was hurt: “We are happy to report that despite the extensive damage suffered to the three homes and other properties in the area there were no injuries to civilians or firefighters. The homeowner was located safe, […]

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is offering up to $5000 reward for information in the assault of an on-duty Rochester firefighter. The incident took place on May 30th during the peaceful protest. They are also looking for the same individual for arsons that happened the same day in the city of Rochester. […]

Ring is recalling about 350,000 of its Ring video doorbell camera’s because they could catch fire. The video doorbell company say it discovered the batteries in the video doorbells can overheat if not installed correctly. The doorbell overheating can cause fires or minor burns. The recall is for the Ring Video Doorbell 2nd Generation smart […]

An ice-resurfacing machine burst into flames while it was cleaning one of the hockey rinks at Bill Gray’s Regional Iceplex over by MCC in Brighton. The incident was caught on video and went viral almost immediately. The video shows the fire starting underneath the machine and quickly spreading to the back as the driver makes […]

US senators are going after Amazon, since their products keep bursting into flames. A CNN investigation has found that dozens of Amazon Basic products are still for sale despite numerous complaints that they are melting, bursting into flames or exploding. Senators Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, Robert Menendez of New Jersey and Ed Markey of Massachusetts […]

The governor of California is requesting federal aid to help combat the 2nd and 3rd worst wildfires in the state’s history. Hundreds of thousands of people have been given evacuation orders and even more aid is being requested from 10 states, Canada and Australia. In all, there are around 560 wildfires raging but the two […]

You do have a voice and the Rochester Police Department hears you. Police and Fire officials are asking the community for help when it comes to the increase of illegal fireworks. There have been a lot of fireworks set off in the Rochester and Monroe County areas more and earlier than normal this year. I’m […]

Police have released the information of individuals arrested in connection with the violent protest last weekend in Center City. The Rochester Police Department say more arrests will follow after the protests turned violent. Protesters demonstrated last Saturday in front of the Public Safety building peacefully. Afterwards, the crowd that remained turned violent flipping over cars, […]

According to reports, Rochester area home fires have gone up 25% since Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Executive Order, New York On Pause, went into effect in late March. I can definitely see why those numbers are increasing with 80% of America’s workforce laid off and spending most of their time inside. People are cooking more and […]