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Photos and write-up by John Spaulding
Late on Halloween, a passerby noticed flames from the back of the One Road Church in Scottsville, New York.
The first-arriving chief declared a working fire in a single story and requested additional equipment. Shortly thereafter command issued an external attack only.
The building, which used to house grounds equipment and a bar but had been converted to a church, was a pole barn when it was built. It has limited access because of an overpass and is in a no- hydranted district. Companies from Scottsville, Clifton, Mumford, Caledonia, York, East Avon, and Henrietta along with CHS EMS responded to the scene. A tanker operation was put into use to feed the apparatus. Extra trucks with lighting were also brought in.
Scottsville Chief Brian Ely said there were no injuries reported. When the owners and pastor spoke with Chief Ely, they reported no one had been to the building during the day. The Town of Wheatland Highway Department was requested to the scene to dismantle the building using heavy equipment.
Later in the day three, fire departments were summoned back to the site for a rekindle.
The Monroe County Fire Bureau is conducting the origin and cause investigation.
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