YORK – A farmer helped firefighters put out a fire that swept up to 10 acres of his wheat field on River Road Wednesday afternoon. The emergency call went out at about 2:48 p.m. reporting a wheat field fire on River Road at Craig Road. John Miller, Second Assistant Chief for the York Fire Department, said that the farmer's help was a huge advantage. He said that the cause of the fire was a bad bearing in a combine that was working in … [Read more...]
Truck Burns at Fastenal in Avon
AVON – A dump truck caught fire Wednesday afternoon outside of Fastenal on Rte. 15 (Lakeville Road). According to eyewitnesses, the smoke was visible from I-390 nearby as the fire started just before 3:30 p.m. Firefighters with the East Avon Fire Department responded to the scene alongside multiple assisting departments. There are no reported injuries. Investigators are now trying to determine the cause of the fire. Fastenal sells … [Read more...]
Spooky Coincidence: 2 Combines Burn Together in Lima and Livonia
LIVINGSTON COUNTY – Two Livingston County combines were the victims of uncannily coincidental fires Saturday morning. According to the Livingston County Emergency Communications Center, the calls for the two fires were just 7 minutes apart. The Lima fire was first, at 11 a.m. on Woodruff Road at Poplar Hill Road. At 11:07 a.m., a call went out for another, unrelated combine fire on South Lima Road in Livonia, just about a mile … [Read more...]
Worsening Drought Burns Livingston County Farmers
LIVINGSTON COUNTY – Some of Livingston County's hardest workers are hurting badly in this summer's drought. For those who irrigate, or have natural springs on their property, the drought is a hiccup, even a boon. But just as the United States Drought Monitor updated Livingston County's status from 'moderate' to 'severe' drought, some local growers are starting to consider this dry spell a real problem. "It's bad. The corn gets shriveled up … [Read more...]
Bad Brake Burns Trailer at SUNY Geneseo
GENESEO – A faulty brake is to blame for lighting a contractor's loaded trailer on fire Tuesday morning, bringing University Police and Geneseo Fire and Ambulance to bear on the SUNY Geneseo campus. The fire started after 7 a.m. when a contractor pulled onto the SUNY Geneseo campus. "A contractor was coming onto campus pulling a flat-bed trailer with some equipment and noticed some smoke coming from the trailer so he pulled onto a nearby … [Read more...]
DEC’s March-May Burn Ban Protects Community During Fire Season
Reading this on your phone or tablet? Download our new app on Google Play and the Apple store. LIVINGSTON COUNTY – An annual open burn ban established by the Department of Environmental Conservation in 2009 is in effect from March 15 until May 15 for this year, and is designed to help protect people and property from fires that can possibly spring up as a result of garbage or brush burning by residents. A National Weather Service hazardous … [Read more...]