The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/ithaca-fire-department/)
The Ithaca Fire Department rescued a man who fell into a 30-foot dam on Six Mile Creek near Giles Street on Sunday, marking the fifth time this past month the fire department responded to a dam-related incident.
A fire struck an apartment building on Brooktondale Road Sunday evening. Everyone escaped the fire and the building was saved, except for one unit. The cause of the fire is unknown.
At 11:12 p.m., the fire was still burning, and smoke could be smelled from Collegetown.
At the meeting, Tyler, along with officials from the Fire Department and Public Information and Technology Office, had the chance to discuss the city’s nearly $76 million budget’s effect on their departments.
Firefighters rescued a cat and treated it with a pet oxygen resuscitation mask as they drove it to the Cornell Companion Animal Hospital, where the cat died of its injuries.
Firefighters and officers respond to call about blazing tractor trailer whose fire spread to nearby Agway supply store.
The man called Tompkins County Dispatch at approximately 1:30 a.m., saying that he had fallen into the gorge between College Avenue and Stewart Avenue and requesting assistance, the release said.
One of the four counselors left the observation area and found herself stuck on a ledge, hanging on to a tree branch. When the other three came to help her, they too found themselves stranded, according to the release.
Firefighters searched the building, checking to see if the fire had spread to other parts of the house and rerouted traffic around the area.
The entire rescue mission lasted about two hours. The current condition of the man is unknown, according to the fire department’s release.