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Firefighter dies battling blaze in downtown Buffalo, mayor says
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A Buffalo firefighter has died battling a blaze in the city's downtown area, Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown said. The 37-year-old firefighter was not immediately identified.
The four-alarm fire broke out around 10 a.m. Wednesday in a three-story building on Main Street, the Buffalo Fire Department said.
Buffalo Fire Commissioner William Renaldo said that there were reports of workers who were renovating the building using torches on the outside the building, which the fire department believes was the cause of the blaze. The fire may have been smoldering inside the building for some time before a backdraft sent flames shooting out of the building in what at first appeared to be an explosion, Renaldo said.
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