A reader provided these photos of a police barricade on Washington Avenue that is apparently in progress now.
For the past 30 minutes or so there has been a lot of encrypted/scrambled communication on the scanner.
We have no further information at this time on the incident.
UPDATE(S) (By Billie) 9:50 a.m.: There's a structure fire here. Black smoke is billowing from the attic of a house. City fire and Mercy medics are responding, The location is between Tracy Avenue and Bank Street.
UPDATE 9:56 a.m.: One person is in custody. There are no life-threatening injuries. The address is 207 Washington Ave. Elba Fire Department is called to provide city firefighters with mutual aid. Sgt. Dan Coffey said this started as a domestic incident and that the subject in custody is suspected of starting the house fire.
UPDATE 10:13 a.m.: Officer Marc Lawrence said a female was rescued from the house fire; she did not have life-threatening injuries.
2nd alarm house fire..#207
2nd alarm house fire..#207
I received a shelter in place
I received a shelter in place phone call this morning. I wondered what was going on. Thanks for the updated info.