Firefighters respond to a 4-alarm fire in Downtown Buffalo
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[{'start': '0.160', 'end': '4.720', 'text': 'It was a busy day for Buffalo'}, {'start': '2.000', 'end': '7.520', 'text': 'firefighters as a massive blaze was seen'}, {'start': '4.720', 'end': '9.920', 'text': 'here at a downtown law firm just after'}, {'start': '7.520', 'end': '12.639', 'text': 'noon today. The fire caused millions of'}, {'start': '9.920', 'end': '14.799', 'text': 'dollars in damage to the law office of'}, {'start': '12.639', 'end': '16.640', 'text': 'Paul William Belts as well as the'}, {'start': '14.799', 'end': '18.480', 'text': 'guarantee building. Two on your sides'}, {'start': '16.640', 'end': '20.960', 'text': 'Nate Benson is following the story for'}, {'start': '18.480', 'end': '22.320', 'text': 'us tonight and he has the latest. Nate.'}, {'start': '20.960', 'end': '24.080', 'text': 'Yeah, good evening Scott Mary Alice.'}, {'start': '22.320', 'end': '26.080', 'text': 'Buffalo fire officials say a lot of'}, {'start': '24.080', 'end': '30.359', 'text': 'paper and no sprinkler system caused'}, {'start': '26.080', 'end': '30.359', 'text': 'this fire to escalate quickly.'}, {'start': '30.480', 'end': '34.559', 'text': 'The call rang out just a few minutes'}, {'start': '32.079', 'end': '38.160', 'text': 'past noon5 Thursday afternoon at the law'}, {'start': '34.559', 'end': '38.160', 'text': 'offices of Paul William Belts'}, {'start': '38.280', 'end': '45.280', 'text': 'PC fire 36 church between Franklin. It'}, {'start': '42.480', 'end': '47.039', 'text': "escalated quickly by 12:24. I'm"}, {'start': '45.280', 'end': '49.360', 'text': 'observing quite a bit of smoke from the'}, {'start': '47.039', 'end': '52.719', 'text': 'exterior. Uh round this off to a second'}, {'start': '49.360', 'end': '54.800', 'text': 'alarm by 12:29. Dispatch, third alarm'}, {'start': '52.719', 'end': '56.399', 'text': 'over here. Stage stage one block away.'}, {'start': '54.800', 'end': '58.160', 'text': 'Third alarm. Could have a potential of a'}, {'start': '56.399', 'end': '60.640', 'text': "bad draft. Let's pull everybody out at"}, {'start': '58.160', 'end': '62.960', 'text': 'this point in time.'}, {'start': '60.640', 'end': '64.239', 'text': 'All companies operating at 36 Church'}, {'start': '62.960', 'end': '68.360', 'text': 'Street. You are to get out of the'}, {'start': '64.239', 'end': '68.360', 'text': 'building now. Quarters of B56.'}, {'start': '70.320', 'end': '74.400', 'text': 'And a few minutes after one, it grew to'}, {'start': '72.159', 'end': '76.320', 'text': 'a four alarm blaze. Something just broke'}, {'start': '74.400', 'end': '77.759', 'text': 'through in that number three site. I'}, {'start': '76.320', 'end': '79.840', 'text': 'want you to give me a fourth alarm over'}, {'start': '77.759', 'end': '81.600', 'text': 'here and I want you to station at Church'}, {'start': '79.840', 'end': '84.240', 'text': 'in Delaware. Four or five minutes in,'}, {'start': '81.600', 'end': '86.159', 'text': 'fire not under control. Conditions'}, {'start': '84.240', 'end': '87.680', 'text': "haven't changed. We still got heavy,"}, {'start': '86.159', 'end': '89.280', 'text': "heavy, dark smoke up here. There's a lot"}, {'start': '87.680', 'end': '91.119', 'text': 'of fire load in that building. More than'}, {'start': '89.280', 'end': '92.799', 'text': "100 of Buffalo's heat handlers worked"}, {'start': '91.119', 'end': '95.200', 'text': 'the scene on Church Street for more than'}, {'start': '92.799', 'end': '97.439', 'text': '5 hours Thursday. As for a preliminary'}, {'start': '95.200', 'end': '98.640', 'text': 'cause, right now does sound like it may'}, {'start': '97.439', 'end': '100.320', 'text': 'have started in the kitchen on the'}, {'start': '98.640', 'end': '102.159', 'text': 'second floor. And given the nature that'}, {'start': '100.320', 'end': '104.720', 'text': 'the building housed a law office, there'}, {'start': '102.159', 'end': '107.280', 'text': 'was lots of papers fueling the flames.'}, {'start': '104.720', 'end': '108.560', 'text': 'Building, right? Papers, desks, um,'}, {'start': '107.280', 'end': '110.960', 'text': 'everything that you would find in your'}, {'start': '108.560', 'end': '113.119', 'text': 'typical business class office is is a'}, {'start': '110.960', 'end': '115.040', 'text': 'huge contents fire. Due to the heavy'}, {'start': '113.119', 'end': '116.399', 'text': 'fire and response by the department, Old'}, {'start': '115.040', 'end': '118.240', 'text': 'County Hall along with the Wrath'}, {'start': '116.399', 'end': '119.920', 'text': 'Building and Family Court were evacuated'}, {'start': '118.240', 'end': '121.520', 'text': 'as a precaution. There was also concerns'}, {'start': '119.920', 'end': '123.119', 'text': 'about the historic Guarantee Building'}, {'start': '121.520', 'end': '125.840', 'text': 'and the Verizon building, both'}, {'start': '123.119', 'end': '129.360', 'text': 'registered landmarks. They have water'}, {'start': '125.840', 'end': '130.959', 'text': 'lines charged in the buildings, uh, both'}, {'start': '129.360', 'end': '133.520', 'text': 'the Guarantee Building and the Verizon'}, {'start': '130.959', 'end': '135.040', 'text': 'building with firefighters standing by.'}, {'start': '133.520', 'end': '136.400', 'text': 'Fortunately, the fire did not spread,'}, {'start': '135.040', 'end': '138.000', 'text': 'but there was a staggering amount of'}, {'start': '136.400', 'end': '140.400', 'text': 'damage at the scene. More than $6'}, {'start': '138.000', 'end': '142.080', 'text': 'million across four buildings, $4.6 and'}, {'start': '140.400', 'end': '144.080', 'text': '6 million at the main fire building, the'}, {'start': '142.080', 'end': '146.480', 'text': 'law offices of Paul William Belts PC.'}, {'start': '144.080', 'end': '148.800', 'text': 'And there was also $900,000 damage to'}, {'start': '146.480', 'end': '150.879', 'text': 'the Guarantee building, 25,000 to the'}, {'start': '148.800', 'end': '153.120', 'text': 'Verizon building, and a half million to'}, {'start': '150.879', 'end': '154.640', 'text': '130 Pearl Street. One setback, however,'}, {'start': '153.120', 'end': '156.720', 'text': 'for the men and women that work for the'}, {'start': '154.640', 'end': '158.319', 'text': 'Department of Unscheduled Combustion was'}, {'start': '156.720', 'end': '159.440', 'text': 'this is a threetory, specifically a'}, {'start': '158.319', 'end': '161.760', 'text': 'three-story office building in the'}, {'start': '159.440', 'end': '163.599', 'text': 'mid60s. There was no need for sprinklers'}, {'start': '161.760', 'end': '165.440', 'text': "or stand pipes. I haven't had a chance"}, {'start': '163.599', 'end': '167.519', 'text': 'to go back and look at the records, but'}, {'start': '165.440', 'end': '169.680', 'text': 'most likely it was built prior, you'}, {'start': '167.519', 'end': '172.319', 'text': 'know, in an older code where that would'}, {'start': '169.680', 'end': '174.000', 'text': 'not have been required. Now, despite how'}, {'start': '172.319', 'end': '175.200', 'text': 'active the scene was all afternoon,'}, {'start': '174.000', 'end': '177.519', 'text': 'there were no injuries to any'}, {'start': '175.200', 'end': '179.599', 'text': 'firefighters. Only one was sent to ECMC'}, {'start': '177.519', 'end': '181.519', 'text': "for dehydration, but we're told they"}, {'start': '179.599', 'end': '184.000', 'text': 'will be fine. On your side, Nate Benson,'}, {'start': '181.519', 'end': '184.000', 'text': 'Channel 2 News.'}]