Apartment fire on Porter Avenue leaves residents displaced

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Red Cross is assisting multiple residents following an apartment fire on Porter Avenue on the Lower West Side Tuesday morning, according to officials.

Crews responded to the fire at the apartment building at 425 Porter around 8:30 a.m. Tuesday. The fire began on the fourth floor of the building.

The residents of the apartment were not home, but a dog was rescued. The apartment the fire started in is not livable, but the rest in the building are.

Damages are estimated at $40,000.

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