2 seriously injured in Albion fire on Elmwood Avenue
Photos by Tom Rivers
(UPDATED at 8:55 p.m.)
ALBION – Two people have been seriously injured and taken to Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester after a fire at their home, 5 Elmwood Ave.
The two people, an elderly couple, suffered burns and smoke inhalation, said Roland Nenni, the Albion police chief.
Neighbors said the couple just moved into the house about a month ago.
Elmwood is a dead-end street in the northern part of the village, off Linwood Avenue.
Firefighters were dispatched to the scene at 6:22 p.m. Albion and many other local fire departments battled the fire, which spewed smoke into the neighborhood.
Albion police were first on the scene at 6:24 and discovered the couple in the front yard with their clothes on fire, said Nathanial Staines, an Albion place officer and the public information officer.
A man was taken by Mercy Flight. A second Mercy Flight helicopter was called, but it wasn’t immediately available so the woman was transported to Strong by COVA Ambulance.
Firefighters try to ventilate the smoke-filled house.
Investigators with the Albion Police Department and the State Office of Fire Prevention and Control are working with county fire investigators to determine a cause.
Staines said more information will be released to the public on Thursday.
