Heavy fire poured from the front of a Warden Street home late Friday as police and firefighters rushed to a reported structure fire in the Village of Bath. Bath Police and Bath Fire Department crews responded around 10:58 p.m. to 23 Warden Street.
Officers arrived to find heavy fire visible from the front of the residence. Police from Bath, the Steuben County Sheriff’s Office, and New York State Police entered the home and located one occupant inside. Crews worked together to remove the man and transfer him to Bath Ambulance personnel.
Bath Ambulance and Steuben County Advanced Life Support transported the victim to Ira Davenport Hospital. Authorities later said the man, identified as Derek J. Fisher, 35, of Bath, succumbed to his injuries at the hospital.
Two Bath police officers and one deputy with the Steuben County Sheriff’s Office were treated at local hospitals for smoke inhalation.
The Bath Police Department and Bath Fire Department received assistance from fire departments in Bath VA, Hammondsport, Kanona, Savona, Painted Post, and Wayne.
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