BUFFALO, N.Y. — Last spring, a call about a local house fire marked a typical day on the job for three Western New York police officers. Although they weren’t strangers to these calls, this one seemed different the moment they arrived on scene.
It began with uncertainty when they arrived at the burning house, including heavy smoke, flames and neighbors trying to help.
“We actually had a lot of conflicting information about whether or not anybody was home,” said West Seneca Police Lieutenant Mike Kocieniewski…