Cortland Fire Quickly Knocks Out Fire on Second Floor Apartment

The City of Cortland Fire Department was dispatched to 13 Greenbush Street in the City of Cortland just after 3:30 in the afternoon on Wednesday, April 30th. Cortland County 9-1-1 received a call of smoke coming from the roof of the two-story building. Cortland Police also responded to the scene and confirmed a smoke condition.

Firefighters quickly arrived on scene and entered the building to a second floor apartment where Cortland Fire says they encountered heavy smoke and moderate heat. A further search of the apartment, firefighters found a fire in a hallway closet. The fire was quickly extinguished. Cortland Fire says the fire was contained to the closet area; the rest of the apartment sustained moderate smoke and heat damage. After extinguishing the fire, firefighters confirmed that no one was inside that apartment at the time of the fire.

No injuries were reported. Both on and off duty firefighters with Cortland Fire responded to the scene, no mutual aid from other departments was requested. Additionally assisting Cortland Fire was TLC Ambulance on stand-by on scene, Cortland Police, and State Fire, who are assisting in investigating the cause of the fire.

At this time, the fire remains under investigation. The Red Cross is currently assisting the tenants of the building.