Buffalo fighters battled a large structure fire overnight Tuesday.
The back of a vacant home on Northampton Street was fully engulfed when firefighters arrived around 2 a.m.
Crews fought the fire from the outside using ladder pipes and ground hand lines.
Two ladder pipes and a blitz line are in operation as @BfloFire282 firefighters work a job on Northampton. pic.twitter.com/KIqMKKkiCW
— Jim Herr (@breaknewsman) May 10, 2016
The fire was deemed to be arson. No one was reported hurt. Damage was reported to be $40,000. The building will be demolished in the coming days.
