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Homeless individual starts fire near Porter Ave in BuffaloBuffalo NY

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Porter Ave, Buffalo, NY

A homeless person started a fire under the Porter Avenue overpass near railroad tracks in Buffalo. This is the third such fire in the area within a week.

Audio|Source: New York State Thruway Authority - Buffalo Division
01:6
Transcript:
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416[1] Buffalo. 416. 416. Be advised, it's going to be a homeless individual that started the fire. I believe it's going to be off-throughway property. It's just past the railroad tracks out here. Underneath the Port-Ravs, overpass. Let's receive them on the phone right now with MERS.
00:24
Is they going to be northbound side or southbound side? It's going to be southbound side, opposite of the train tracks over here. 1-6 Buffalo advised that they'll have to come off Porter Avenue, take it underneath you overpass. At 1-6 be advised, this is supposedly the third time it's happened in the last week.
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Porter Ave, Buffalo, NY

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