# Fire at Genesee and Bailey, 2 firefighters killed. still on going.
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**Created:** [August 24, 2009, 6:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fire-at-genesee-and-bailey-2-firefighters-killed-still-on-going/72534 "2009-08-24T06:27:53Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@yamba6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/yamba6)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2009, 6:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fire-at-genesee-and-bailey-2-firefighters-killed-still-on-going/72534/1 "2009-08-24T06:27:53Z")
[http://www.wgrz.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=69759&catid=37](http://www.wgrz.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=69759&catid=37)
> Buffalo Firefighters are on the scene of a 3-Alarm fire right now at the corner of Genesee and Bailey.
> Buffalo Fire Commissioner Michael Lombardo confirms two firefighters did not make it out. He says they thought they heard someone pounding for help in the basement. When they went in for the rescue, the main floor collapsed under them.
> No names are being released at this time.
> Genesee is closed from Bailey to Burgard. Drivers should also keep in mind that there are lane restrictions on the 33 near Bailey that may make for a slower commute.
> 2 On Your Side has a crew on the scene of the fire and will continue to keep you informed of the latest developments throughout the morning.
rip and best wishes to the family.
anyone live around this to tell anything about the fire?
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### Author:  [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2009, 6:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fire-at-genesee-and-bailey-2-firefighters-killed-still-on-going/72534/2 "2009-08-24T06:33:27Z")
Just saw this on the news.
RIP
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### Author:  [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2009, 6:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fire-at-genesee-and-bailey-2-firefighters-killed-still-on-going/72534/3 "2009-08-24T06:36:23Z")
☹
If it was arson I am going to be pissed.
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### Author:  [@yamba6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/yamba6)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2009, 6:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fire-at-genesee-and-bailey-2-firefighters-killed-still-on-going/72534/4 "2009-08-24T06:38:17Z")
i heard on 103.3 this morning it was a liquor store. any word?
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### Author:  [@08GT500](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/08GT500)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2009, 6:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fire-at-genesee-and-bailey-2-firefighters-killed-still-on-going/72534/5 "2009-08-24T06:39:06Z")
Very tragic.
RIP
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### Author:  [@38stang](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/38stang)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2009, 6:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fire-at-genesee-and-bailey-2-firefighters-killed-still-on-going/72534/6 "2009-08-24T06:50:23Z")
> [@Joe](#):
>
> ☹
> If it was arson I am going to be pissed.
+1
RIP, best wishes to the families
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### Author:  [@dreid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dreid)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2009, 8:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fire-at-genesee-and-bailey-2-firefighters-killed-still-on-going/72534/7 "2009-08-24T08:04:38Z")
it was next door to the liquor store. I came thru there at 4:30. there Had to have been 10 fire trucks and 5 or 6 ambulances. WOW
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### Author:  [@Paulo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Paulo)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2009, 8:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fire-at-genesee-and-bailey-2-firefighters-killed-still-on-going/72534/8 "2009-08-24T08:16:01Z")
Ugh. I heard about it on the way in and was really hoping that the two men being caught inside was bullshit. That’s sad. ☹ RIP.
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### Author:  [@yamba6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/yamba6)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2009, 8:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fire-at-genesee-and-bailey-2-firefighters-killed-still-on-going/72534/9 "2009-08-24T08:23:25Z")
To all firefighters out there. big thumbs up to you guys and a big thanks for taking the job and taking care of everyone that is out there. it takes a lot of guts to be able to run into a burning building, not knowing what will happen, and when things like this happen, it just a big downer to everyone, especially all firefighters and keeping there composure when it comes to the next fire now.
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### Author:  [@glitch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/glitch)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2009, 8:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fire-at-genesee-and-bailey-2-firefighters-killed-still-on-going/72534/10 "2009-08-24T08:28:45Z")
Fuck… next time let the ghetto burn to the ground IMO.
RIP
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### Author:  [@baseball24](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/baseball24)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2009, 8:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fire-at-genesee-and-bailey-2-firefighters-killed-still-on-going/72534/11 "2009-08-24T08:50:00Z")
ughhh i hate the city of buffalo , add this to another reason…
R.I.P.
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### Author:  [@glitch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/glitch)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2009, 8:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fire-at-genesee-and-bailey-2-firefighters-killed-still-on-going/72534/12 "2009-08-24T08:52:04Z")
Fuck… next time let the ghetto burn to the ground IMO.
RIP
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### Author:  [@mordak](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/mordak)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2009, 9:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fire-at-genesee-and-bailey-2-firefighters-killed-still-on-going/72534/13 "2009-08-24T09:22:02Z")
> He says they thought they heard someone pounding for help in the basement.
Ya glitch they so should of let it burn to the ground and let someone in the basement die. /sarcasm
My uncle’s a volunteer firefighter, I’ll be sure to tell him to let your house burn to the ground if it catches fire, maybe you’ll be in the basement.
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### Author:  [@turbo\_ls1\_ss](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/turbo_ls1_ss)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2009, 9:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fire-at-genesee-and-bailey-2-firefighters-killed-still-on-going/72534/14 "2009-08-24T09:26:39Z")
i’ve been keeping tabs on this all morning. really sucks to hear. i’ve been dealing with commissioner Lombardo quite a bit lately because we are hoping to sell the City of Buffalo several trucks coming up. He is a very nice guy. RIP to the firemen, i hope everything else turns out okay.
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### Author:  [@NeOn9787](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/NeOn9787)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2009, 9:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fire-at-genesee-and-bailey-2-firefighters-killed-still-on-going/72534/15 "2009-08-24T09:30:37Z")
shitty thumbs down to arson!! it was the store
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### Author:  [@glitch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/glitch)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2009, 9:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fire-at-genesee-and-bailey-2-firefighters-killed-still-on-going/72534/16 "2009-08-24T09:32:08Z")
> [@mordak](#):
>
> My uncle’s a volunteer firefighter, I’ll be sure to tell him to let your house burn to the ground if it catches fire Glitch.
Don’t sue me bro!
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### Author:  [@Smaefer](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Smaefer)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2009, 9:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fire-at-genesee-and-bailey-2-firefighters-killed-still-on-going/72534/17 "2009-08-24T09:33:51Z")
> Two Buffalo firefighters were killed in an early-morning fire at a deli on Genesee Street on the city’s East Side, the department’s worst loss of life in the last 26 years.
> The dead were identified as Lt. Charles “Chip” McCarthy and firefighter Jonathan Croom.
> The deaths were confirmed at about 9:50 a.m. by the Rev. Derren L. Young, Erie County Medical Center chaplain. The bodies were taken out of the building on gurneys draped with American flags.
RIP
Have to say I was a little worried about this because my landlord and a friend of mine from my Army days work down there…
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### Author:  [@Geehee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geehee)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2009, 9:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fire-at-genesee-and-bailey-2-firefighters-killed-still-on-going/72534/18 "2009-08-24T09:51:39Z")
> [@glitch](#):
>
> Don’t sue me bro!
:bigclap:
now both of you keep your BS out of this thread.
RIP
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### Author:  [@Karter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Karter)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2009, 12:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fire-at-genesee-and-bailey-2-firefighters-killed-still-on-going/72534/19 "2009-08-24T12:21:17Z")
rip.
firefighters make a living running into a building that everyone already ran out of.
that job takes big nuts.
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### Author:  [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2009, 12:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fire-at-genesee-and-bailey-2-firefighters-killed-still-on-going/72534/20 "2009-08-24T12:44:23Z")
[http://www.buffalonews.com/home/story/773342.html](http://www.buffalonews.com/home/story/773342.html)
> McCarthy leaves behind his wife, three children and a 6-month-old grandchild. Croom leaves behind a 9-month-old child and a fiancee. A few years ago, Croom himself lost a young child.
The news just keeps getting worse.
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