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Updated: NY Firefighters Battle Massive Plant Fire

Nov. 16, 2022

Jamestown and other area firefighters battled a blaze that ripped through a former manufacturing plant.

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Firefighters from several departments battled a massive blaze at that ripped through a former Jamestown furniture plant Wednesday.

Flames quickly engulfed the former Crawford Furniture location on Allen Street shortly after the fire was reported at 11:20 a.m.

Officials told the Post-Journal that they were concerned about the fire spreading to adjacent buildings as fire engulfed four-story building. Several collapses occured as the fire raged.

“This is a site that we (the city) have been under a current lawsuit with the owner Richard Rusiniak,” Jamestown Mayor Eddie Sundquist said told the Observer Today. "We have had the New York state DEC and federal EPA. It was really a matter of time before something bad happened without the owner securing it. We do not know the cause of the fire yet as we are here. We will send in investigators afterward."

The fire was brought under control after four hours.

More than a dozen fire departments responded to the fire, according to the Post-Journal.