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Woman seriously burned in fire in Newark According to Fire Department Public Information Officer Dick Colacino, the Wayne County Fire Investigation Cause & Effect Team determined that careless smoking caused the 3:15 a.m. fire Monday, at Armstrong Senior Living Center, 790 East Maple Ave. The photos were taken by Dick Colacino An elderly woman, occupant of Apartment 106, suffered serious burns and was transported by Newark-Arcadia Volunteer Ambulance to Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester. Information about her identity and condition were not available.
Manpower and equipment from Lyons, Fairville, and Marbletown, as well as three ambulances from Newark, Port Gibson and Fairville, were dispatched. Also on the scene were Mayor Peter Blandino and Police Chief David Christler. Other occupants of the building were assisted by firefighters and taken to the nearby DDSO Tymeson Building, where they were assisted by Red Cross. Many of the second-floor residents were able to return to their apartments by 6 a.m. Monday. Assistant Fire Chief Rod Bliss, in charge at the fire scene, and PIO Colacino, credit firefighters and four mutual-aid departments, Newark Police, and ambulance personnel, with the rescue and evacuation of all 32 residents of Armstrong. Colacino said a similar situation existed on July 13, at the Newark Housing Authority High Rise, when volunteers fought a fire in an apartment and confined it to one apartment. They also had the task of evacuating residents, many of them elderly, and some disabled. 'Fire officials question the policy of allowing smoking in resident rooms at both the High Rise and Armstrong Senior Living,' said Colacino.
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