A working fire is reported at M&M Fabricating at 1606 Broadway Road (Route 20) in Darien. There are multiple hazards on the site of this commercial building, including a number of propane tanks which some neighbors report have exploded. The fire has already gone through the roof of the building. Darien Fire Department is responding along with mutual aid from Corfu and Alden.
UPDATE 2:50 p.m.: Mercy medics are heading to the scene in case they are needed. The location is west of Colby Road. The fire has gone to a second alarm. There have been multiple 9-1-1 calls reporting this incident.
UPDATE 2:52 p.m.: Alexander is called in along with the city's Fast Team.
UPDATE 2:56 p.m.: Fire police are told to shut down westbound traffic at routes 20 and 238.
UPDATE 3 p.m.: At the fire scene itself, Route 20 is shut down in both directions.
UPDATE 3:07 p.m.: Bennington is sending in a truck. National Grid is notified.
UPDATE 3:24 p.m.: A ladder truck from the Town of Batavia Fire Department is called to provide mutual aid.
UPDATE 3:36 p.m.: All interior crews are ordered out of the building. Sheriff's deputies are on scene, too.
UPDATE 3:35 p.m.: National Grid is on scene.
UPDATE 3:46 p.m.: Wyoming Correctional Facility inmates are enlisted to help out.
UPDATE 7:02 p.m.: Town of Batavia Fire returning, back in service.
UPDATE 8:04 p.m.: A backhoe is being brought in to start peeling back the metal roof on the building, "not to knock it in," a chief says. Monroe County Water Authority requested to the scene to shut off water to the building.
UPDATE 9:10: p.m.: Westbound Route 20 is open.
UPDATE 9:39 p.m.: Route 20 opened in both directions.
UPDATE 9:42 p.m.: All units back in service.
