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Missing Buffalo firefighter dead in 745 Main Street 4-alarm blaze, Mayor Byron Brown confirms

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Mia Horton

Published Jan 23, 2026

The missing fireman died in the 745 Central avenue 4-alert burst, Bison City chairman Byron Brown affirmed
The fireman’s character was not delivered
The declaration was made after the Rochester Local group of fire-fighters said it was sending teams west to help

The missing fireman died in the 745 Central avenue 4-alert blast, Bison City hall leader Byron Brown affirmed.

The city chairman said in a tweet: “I’m profoundly disheartened to report that an individual from the Bison Local group of fire-fighters has lost his life while courageously battling the four-caution fire on Central avenue in Midtown Bison today. I request that everybody keep the family and individual firemen in your requests.”

The fireman’s personality was not delivered. The declaration was made after the Rochester Local group of fire-fighters said it was sending teams west to help.

The office said assets have been mentioned for search, salvage, and recuperation activities through the New York State Common Guide Framework.

The Rochester Local group of fire-fighters Weighty Salvage Unit has proactively been conveyed to Bison with “specific gear and in fact prepared work force.” The division said it might send more assets whenever mentioned.

The Central avenue building where the fire happened is truly temperamental, which hampered endeavors to recuperate the fireman, said Fire Official William Renaldo at a public interview not long after 1 pm.

BREAKING: A firefighter is dead after a fire in Buffalo Wednesday afternoon. Mayor Byron Brown announced the news after he was missing for several hours.

— news10nbc (@news10nbc) March 1, 2023

The reason for the fire was being scrutinized and the office was researching a report that laborers had been seen with lights close to the structure, said Renaldo. The structure appeared to be going through remodels and fire examiners were hoping to talk with those specialists, the magistrate said.

The fire was accounted for at 10.08 am at 745 Fundamental, among Tupper and Goodell roads. Obliterated in the burst was an ensemble shop DC Theatricks, which recorded its location as 747 Principal.

The structure is possessed by the previous state congressperson and senator, Chris Jacobs. He possesses five different properties on the block traveling south to Tupper Road and said he had been hoping to get the structure for north of 15 years before at long last succeeding.

A few firemen and cops accumulate close to the scene in the hours after the burst. Bison See Priest Michael W Fisher showed up at the area not long after 1 pm.