$250,000 Gone in One Night from the Grand Island House Fire No One Saw Coming
A home on Long Road in Grand Island caught fire just after noon on a sweltering Tuesday, leaving an estimated $350,000 in total damages $250,000 to the structure, another $100,000 to the contents inside.
No one was hurt. But what the Grand Island Fire Company shared afterward is the part that should concern every homeowner in the area.
A Grand Island Fire Just Caused $350,000 in Damages – Here’s What We Know
Firefighters arrived to find a house fire already working against them both the blaze and extreme heat across Western New York that day. Additional responders had to be rotated in specifically to relieve exhausted firefighters at risk of heat exhaustion.
Sheridan Park Fire, City of Tonawanda Fire, and the Kenmore Volunteer Fire Department all responded to help bring it under control.
The Detail That Made This Fire Much Worse
In a social media post, the Grand Island Fire Company pointed to something most people have never heard of: balloon-frame construction…