A fire with flames showing is reported at 3 McKinley Ave., Batavia.
The fire is reportedly in the bathroom.
City fire responding.
UPDATE 9:24 p.m.: Fourth Platoon requested to headquarters.
UPDATE 9:34 a.m.: Command reports "the situation is under control; beginning overhaul."
UPDATE 10:30 a.m.: City fire's response time was under two minutes and Chief Steve Napolitano said the city crew's fast, aggressive action saved the house. “The guys put a good knock on the fire and confined it to the room of origin," he said. A grandfather and two grandchildren were home at the time the fire was discovered. They safely evacuated before fire crews arrived. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
UPDATE: Photos by Frank Capuano.
