Several fire departments were called out Thursday night to battle flames at a vacant warehouse in the Town of Barton, just outside the Village of Waverly line.
The blaze broke out in a building off Broad Street Extension, just to the west of the Midwestern Pet Foods plant.
One firefighter suffered minor injuries fighting the blaze, authorities said. Nobody else was hurt.
The structure sustained heavy damage. Investigators from the Tioga County Office of Emergency Services and New York State Office of Fire Prevention and Control were on the scene Friday morning, along with New York State Police investigators and troopers.
Fire Guts Vacant Warehouse in Waverly
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ELIZABETHTON â A man who had been listed as a missing person since Monday was found dead after his car was found in the Watauga River adjacent to the Broad Street Extension around 5 pm. Wednesday.
The Tennessee Highway Patrol identified the victim of the crash as Tyler Warren, 19. On Tuesday, the Elizabethton Police Department reported Warren as a missing person and that he had last been seen on Monday. In a preliminary report, Trooper Michael Brown said Warren was driving north on Broad Street when his vehicle went off the left side of the road and into the river. Brown said speed was believed to be a factor in incident.