Two Rochester houses were heavily damaged in separate fires Monday night. The first, at 415 Alphonse Street, was in a vacant house at about 8:30 p.m. Firefighters arrived to find flames roaring out of the first and second floors, and they were hindered by a bad fire hydrant that forced them to battle the […]
A fryer in the kitchen of the Lake Avenue McDonald’s caught fire on Sunday morning, forcing everyone out of the restaurant. The Rochester Fire Department arrived at 7:45 a.m. to find smoke coming from the roof and quickly doused the blaze. There was minimal damage to the restaurant.
Fire hit the bedroom of a two-family house on Rochester’s northwest side Thursday evening, but it was quickly put out by Rochester firefighters. The department says light smoke was coming from 872 North Plymouth Avenue when they arrived, and they were able to put out the fire in a front bedroom of the home […]