Update…Displaced townhouse residents

Jamestown  (CSi)  Jamestown City Fire Department, Lt. Sheldon Mohr,  says that two of three tenants left homeless in a recent condominium fire in  Jamestown will not be returning to the same homes.

Mohr says following an investigation the cause of the fire was ruled to be undetermined.

About 30 firefighters and five units from Jamestown Fire Department responded to the blaze reported at 9:49 p.m. December 18th, staying on the scene until 3 a.m. the next day. Three townhomes burned and others were evacuated along the 2nd Avenue Southwest cul de sac that borders the James River.

The families were assisted by the Buffalo Valley Chapter of the Red Cross. Caseworkers are still working with the families.

Joyce Baumgartner, who occupied the center condominium that completely burned, has found a new apartment in Jamestown.

Five members of the Brandon Iverson family are hoping to get back into their condo in early January.

The three members of the Courtney Humes family would have had a much longer wait, stemming from a hole in the roof of their condo that exposed the interior.

However, the family had been planning a move to a home in Spiritwood before the fire happened, however, and will follow through with that plan.

Previously…

Jamestown (CSi) – Several residents were displaced after a fire in Jamestown that occurred at about 9:47 p.m. Thursday, at a 6-unit townhouse complex at 1223 & 1225 2nd Avenue Southwest, near Taco Bell, south of Business Loop West.

Jamestown City Fire Department Lt. Sheldon Mohr says the center two units had heavy fire and smoke damage.

The Red Cross reports, an elderly woman and a mother with children were the occupants of the two destroyed units.

Residents of four additional units were displaced overnight as power was cut. They’re expected to be allowed back into their units later on Friday.

No other structures were damaged by the fire, and no injuries reported.

The cause of the fire in under investigation.

Five city fire units and 30 fire fighters were on the scene until 3-a.m. Friday.