Tuesday News Brief
Written by WBTA STAFF on September 17, 2024
Paving Work Planned on Batavia Streets Today
The Genesee County Highway Department announced that today from 6 AM until 4 PM there will be resurfacing operations on several Batavia streets.
The streets that will be affected are Kibbe, Oakland, Jackson, and Osterhout Avenues, and Williams and Evans Streets. Local traffic will be allowed to access their residence on the streets but are warned that delays should be expected. No one is allowed to park on these streets during the resurfacing operations. If you do not live on these streets, please take an alternate route.
This is the second phase of repair operations being performed on these streets with the final phase scheduled for September 30th.
Le Roy Community Rallies to Support Family Who Lost Home to Fire
Last Thursday, the Martinez family in Le Roy lost their home and three of their four dogs in a tragedy when a fire broke out.
Since then, the Le Roy community has rallied behind the Martinez family raising $12,000 on a GoFundMe campaign to help the family rebuild their lives. The fire that consumed their home was so severe it prompted Le Roy Fire Chief Craig Johnson to sound a second alarm. The firefighters were unable to get inside the home and had to fight the fire from the basement and windows. One firefighter suffered from heat exhaustion but Fire Chief Johnson said he was “ok”.
Michelle Martinez told 13 WHAM News, “We hope that we can rebuild it (the home) in this community if there’s anything left of the house. Structurally, the outside looks like it’s standing, but the inside is pretty bad, so hopefully we can rebuild and stay within the community and pay it forward if we can.”
Barn in Elba Goes Up in Flames
Monday afternoon, a barn in Elba was engulfed in flames around 12:30 PM.
The fire was initially spotted by the Elba Town Supervisor who happened to be driving by inspecting a project taking place on Bridge Rd. The Town Supervisor called the Elba Fire Chief who quickly dispatched his team to the scene along with help from the Byron, South Byron, and Barre fire departments. The barn was entirely engulfed in flames and one firefighter had to be transported to UMMC for evaluation.
At this time, it is unclear what exactly caused the fire as there is no electricity going to the building.
