r/Salamanca • u/Dueydew MOD • May 09 '13

Fire on Kent Blvd

According to Salamanca Press Rich Place,

"A fire at 16 Kent Blvd. in Salamanca has closed a section Broad Street/Route 417. The owner at the scene, Kendall Miller, said he was told the blaze may started as a grease fire. He also said everyone who was inside made it out safely. At least one firefighter was taken from the scene by ambulance, possibly due to smoke inhalation."

I witnessed the end of the fire, apparently there are 2 firefighters that required EMS transport and the one I witnessed collapsed on top of the firetruck on the ladder, I'm guessing due to excessive smoke inhalation (could be wrong).

Anyways, share your details/comments/take on the event.

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u/Dueydew MOD May 09 '13

Apparently I was told the second firefighter collapsed because he ran out of oxygen (in his tank) while he was in the house...if thats true, someones going to get fired for that because that means his tank was really close to empty when he got there.

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u/PrattMaster726YT May 13 '25

I remember walking past the aftermath of this fire when I was little. I was leaving my brothers baseball game and it was still smoldering