BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — The Red Cross is assisting six people after a fire broke out Sunday in a North Buffalo home.
Officials said it happened around 8:30 p.m. on Grote Street, right off Elmwood Avenue near Amherst.
Everyone inside the home was able to get out safely. Crews tell us the response to the fire was bigger because of reports of a 9-year-old trapped inside.
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"They said that they saw him run into the house and they thought he was in a closet," Division Chief of the Buffalo Fire Department Tom Meldrum said. "We checked every closet. We checked every bedroom, first floor, second floor, we checked everything multiple times and we couldn't find him. It wasn't until quite a time afterwards that the police actually located him on Elmwood."
A nearby home was also damaged in the fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
