Hot Bulb Hitting Cardboard Sparked Massive NY Fire

Hot Bulb Hitting Cardboard Sparked Massive NY Fire
Smoke billows from the site ofa massive blaze at the former Bethlehem Steel Mill in Lackawanna, N.Y., on on Nov. 9, 2016. (AP Photo/Carolyn Thompson)
The Associated Press
11/9/2016
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11/9/2016

LACKAWANNA, N.Y.—More than 100 firefighters struggled to contain a massive blaze at a former Bethlehem Steel site that broke out early Wednesday when a hot light bulb fell onto cardboard inside a business, authorities said.

Local media outlets reported that Fred Heinle, the director of development for the city of Lackawanna, said the fire started early Wednesday when a hot bulb fell on some combustibles inside a sprawling building that houses several businesses at the industrial site just south of Buffalo.

Smoke billows from the site ofa massive blaze at the former Bethlehem Steel Mill in Lackawanna, N.Y., on on Nov. 9, 2016. (AP Photo/Carolyn Thompson)
Smoke billows from the site ofa massive blaze at the former Bethlehem Steel Mill in Lackawanna, N.Y., on on Nov. 9, 2016. (AP Photo/Carolyn Thompson)