Auburn Firefighters Make Quick Work of Small Apartment Fire

A red Auburn Fire Department truck with several equipment compartments open on its side.
An Auburn Fire Department truck is shown with its equipment compartments open, ready for service in Cayuga County.

Auburn Firefighters made quick work of a small fire at an apartment building Tuesday morning.

According to the Auburn Fire Department, crews responded to the Genesee Street building soon after 11:00a where a small fire was found in the wall by the entrance’s stairs.

It only took crews roughly 15 minutes to snuff out the flames.

No injuries were reported and no one will be displaced.

The cause of the fire was determined to be smoking materials discarded by the building’s steps.

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