Firefighting crews responded to reports of an overnight fire causing heavy damage to a building in a structure fire in the Village of Waverly, Tioga County NY.
Waverly Fire Chief Don Howard stated the fire broke out at 458 Pennsylvania Ave., in the Town of Waverly around 10:30 p.m. Thursday night.
At the fire scene, no visible flames were seen but heavy smoke filled the area as it came out of the top of the building. Heavy smoke and flames were coming from the back of the building, and Fire Chie Howard said it was largely contained to one room on the third floor.
Firefighting crews from Waverly, Barton, Sayre and Athens Borough utilized ladder trucks to get to the top of the 3rd story structure to get inside and stop fire from spreading. Fire crews perfomed ventalating that enable to calm the smoke down by breaking the windows.