Syracuse, NY – City fire officials have identified the families displaced this morning by a fire at their 246-248 W. Lafayette Ave. home. Fire investigator Joe Galloway said the residents of the downstairs apartment included Tyronda Floyd, 31; Alsworth Seals, 26; Nautica Shabreem, 13; Dynajya Barafan, 10; and Algeron Terrance, 4. Living in the upstairs flat were Patrice Jackson,...
Firefighters work at 246-248 W. Lafayette Ave. in Syracuse after a fire there was extinguished. Deputy Chief Ed Kurtz said extra fire crews may have saved the house from burning to the ground.
Two families escaped a fire this morning at 246-248 W. Lafayette Ave. in Syracuse.Syracuse, NY – City fire officials have identified the families displaced this morning by a fire at their 246-248 W. Lafayette Ave. home.
Fire investigator Joe Galloway said the residents of the downstairs apartment included Tyronda Floyd, 31; Alsworth Seals, 26; Nautica Shabreem, 13; Dynajya Barafan, 10; and Algeron Terrance, 4.
Living in the upstairs flat were Patrice Jackson, 28, and her son, Derek Brown, 8, Galloway said.
All seven safely escaped by the time firefighters arrived at the three-floor wood-frame structure.
Galloway said the cause of the fire remains under investigation, but that it appears to have started in a back downstairs bedroom. The flames extended out the bedroom window, up the outside of the house and through a second-floor window back into the house, he said.
The back left corner of the house sustained heavy fire damage, Galloway said. The rest of the first-floor flat took smoke and water damage and the second floor sustained smoke damage, he said.
“They will not be able to return to their apartments for awhile,” Galloway said. The Red Cross is helping both families with temporary housing, he said.