SCHENECTADY, N.Y. ( NEWS10 )– Schenectady Fire Department responded to back-to-back fire calls early on Saturday. No injuries were reported for both fires.
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Chief Donald Mareno said the first fire they responded to was at a two-family home on Fairview Avenue around 1:45 a.m. Mareno said firefighters first encountered fire in the attic and assisted six residents out of the house.
The Fairview fire was under control in an hour and a half of crews arriving, and the building is scheduled to be taken down late Saturday. As crews returned to the station around 4:30 a.m., a second structure fire on Albany Street was called in.
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Mareno said the second fire was in a multi-family home, and flames were seen coming out of the second-story bedroom window. Although an order to vacate sign was on the building, firefighters helped two people living in the home.