All tenants were evacuated safely
From the Bath Volunteer Fire Department:
Friday morning June 9th at 3:35 am the Bath Volunteer Fire Department was dispatched to 3 East William Street in the Village of Bath for a possible structure fire reporting the building was filling with smoke. Bath Village and Steuben County Sheriff Deputies arrived on scene and went into the building reporting heavy smoke on the third floor and were evacuating tenants from the second and third floors from their apartments. The first floor are commercial businesses.
The first bath Fire Department officer arrived on scene to find heavy smoke conditions on the 3rd floor. Assistant Chief Mike Fiordo immediately requested and engine from the Bath VA. Minutes later when Chief Matt Glashauser arrived on scene also reported heavy smoke seen on the third floor and requested a second alarm assignment which called in equipment and manpower from Bath VA Hammondsport, Kanona with Pulteney to stand by at their station and Savona to the Bath station. Bath Volunteer Ambulance also to the scene.
The interior attack team made their way to the third floor to find heavy black smoke conditions down to the floor level and flames approaching them down the hallway. The attack team was able to push the fire back down the hall and into the original apartment which was fully engulfed with flames. Working their way through the apartment the main fire was extinguished and held to one apartment and the third-floor hallway. However, there extensive heat and smoke damaged throughout the building. The scene was declared under control at 4:21 am.
The Steuben County Fire Investigation Team was called to the scene for cause determination and the Red Cross to assisted the residents of the apartments. All units were back in service at 6:36 am with the Investigation Team still continuing their investigation.
Respectfully Submitted, John Conrad Sr.
Public Information Officer The Bath Volunteer Fire Dept.
