Van Lights Up
at Auto Auction

MidTown – Town of Evans NY – April 13, 2004 --- An unoccupied van started on fire in the parking lot of the Buffalo Auto Auction on Southwestern Boulevard (rte. 20) near Eden-Evans Center Road.

An alert employee noticed the fire and other workers used a high-lift to pull the van away from the other vehicles in the lot. That move proved to be vital in preventing the fire from spreading to multiple vehicles.

Another worker discharged several dry-chemical fire extinguishers into the passenger compartment of the delivery style van, knocking down the bulk of the fire.

Remaining materials were just smoldering when Evans Center Chiefs Schmittendorf and Green arrived on location. Green discharged his extinguisher into the van to ensure that the fire was extinguished entirely.

Engine 1 arrived and overhauled the burned debris in the front of the van. The heat from the fire broke through the windshield but the fire was contained to the glove compartment area on the passenger side.

Units went in service a short while later. Evans Center was assisted at the scene by the Angola Fire Control Dispatch Center and the Town of Evans Police Department.

Photos by: ALEX SCHMITTENDORF