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Cattaraugus County · I-86 Eastbound · Working Fire

Cement Mixer Truck Fully Engulfed on I-86, Fuel Tanks Reported Exploding Near Breed Run

A working fire on the eastbound Southern Tier Expressway drew a multi-agency response as flames took the cab and tanks.

At 8:41 AM, Cattaraugus County Fire dispatch confirmed a cement-mixer truck fully engulfed in flames on I-86 eastbound at mile marker 57, in the Breed Run area, with the driver's fuel tanks reported to be exploding on the shoulder.

The call went out as a working fire and drew a multi-agency response, with mutual-aid units moving in from surrounding fire districts and state troopers routing traffic around the burning vehicle. Radio traffic described flames taking the cab and pushing rounds of black smoke visible from the roadway.

No injuries had been confirmed on the air before the thread moved on, and the eastbound lanes were reported blocked as crews worked to knock the fire down and secure the ruptured tanks.

Top StoriesThe best of the wires — county-wide

Gowanda · Chestnut to Commercial · Endangered Child

ONGOING

Sheriff's Deputies Sweep Gowanda for a Small Girl Running and Yelling Along Chestnut

A five- or six-year-old in a black-and-pink outfit was reported unaccompanied between Chestnut Street and Commercial.

At 2:23 PM, Cattaraugus County Sheriff's deputies were sent to run down a small child seen alone in downtown Gowanda — a girl five or six years old with black hair, in a black-and-pink outfit, described by callers as running and yelling somewhere between Chestnut Street and Commercial.

Deputies treated the call as a possible endangered child from the outset, expanding the search perimeter block by block as more sightings came in over roughly four minutes of steady traffic. No caretaker had come forward on the air, and no reunification had been announced before the window closed at 3:00 PM.

Salamanca · 451 Broad Street · Overdose

RESOLVED

Male Overdoses in Salamanca Rehab Parking Lot; Crews Give Four Rounds of Narcan

A man was found not breathing in the Salamanca Rehab & Nursing lot, revived only after repeated Narcan.

At 12:38 PM, Salamanca Fire crews were called to the parking lot of Salamanca Rehab & Nursing at 451 Broad Street for a man overdosed on heroin and not breathing on arrival.

It took four doses of Narcan to bring the patient back, according to radio traffic — unusually high for a single scene — and the response drew a full ALS complement before he was stabilized enough for transport. That the overdose landed in the lot of a rehab facility itself was noted in passing on the channel.

Sheridan · Route 5 · Structure Fire

ONGOING

Flames Take Side of Route 5 House in Sheridan Near an Electrical Panel

A multi-unit fire response was ordered as visible flames climbed the exterior wall near the meter.

Chautauqua County Fire dispatch put out a working-fire call at 2932 Route 5 in Sheridan at 9:20 AM, with the fire reported on the side of the house near an exterior electrical panel and a multi-unit response ordered in.

Crews stayed on air through the mid-morning knocking the fire down, and the call carried the heavier severity coding — a full mutual-aid response rather than a routine investigation. No occupant status or displacement figure had come across the channel before the thread cleared.

Amherst · 1400 Millersport · Suicidal Subject

ONGOING

Amherst Police Force Entry at Triad Apartments After Man Texts Suicidal Intent Then Hangs Up

A 23-minute welfare-check thread ended in a locked-door forced entry on apartment 513.

At 1:26 PM, Amherst PD dispatch received a welfare-check request at the 1400 Millersport Highway Triad Apartments after a man in apartment 513 texted his family with suicidal intent and then hung up on the crisis responder trying to call him back.

Officers stacked at the door and worked through the property's management for a key while dispatch kept trying the subject by phone. Traffic ran roughly twenty-three minutes before units made entry, with a Twin City Ambulance medic staged outside. The subject's condition on entry was not stated on the air before the thread moved on.

Amherst · 193 South Union Road · Cardiac Arrest

ONGOING

Cardiac Arrest at 193 South Union Draws Full Amherst Fire and EMS Response

The address also produced a traffic-lights-out call minutes earlier — a busy afternoon on one South Union block.

At 2:07 PM, Amherst PD dispatch relayed a cardiac-arrest call at 193 South Union Road, with fire and EMS moved in on the highest severity coding.

The same block had drawn a fire/EMS response only minutes earlier for a traffic-lights outage that Amherst Fire was working to clear with the electric company — an unusual back-to-back for one corner on an otherwise routine early-afternoon rotation.

Amherst · 44 School Street · Anaphylaxis

RESOLVED

Man Stung Repeatedly by Yellow Jackets in Williamsville, Lips and Tongue Already Swelling

Amherst Fire pushed a hot medic to 44 School Street on the morning's first anaphylaxis call.

At 9:50 AM, Amherst Fire dispatch sent a medic to 44 School Street in Williamsville for a 56-year-old man with multiple yellow-jacket stings and visible swelling of his lips and tongue — the on-air signs of a developing airway reaction.

A routine fire alarm activation at the same building came in only minutes later, drawing Williamsville 9 in to check the panel while medics worked the sting patient. No transport-side complications came across the channel before the thread cleared.


Overheard: The WiresCops, cabbies, custodians, dispatchers — off-script

Thruway · I-90 Westbound Mile 368

Black Chevy Pickup Weaves Down the Thruway With a Donkey in a Crate on the Trailer

At 9:49 AM, Thruway dispatch aired a be-on-the-lookout for an erratic operator westbound on I-90 near mile 368 — a black Chevy pickup towing a trailer that carried, according to the caller, a wooden crate containing a live donkey. The truck was weaving between lanes at highway speed, its passenger swaying accordingly.

Tonawanda · 600 Delaware · Ciminelli Parking Lot

Ecstasy Self-Dosed Outside a Hallmark Shop, Man Reports Difficulty Breathing

Just past noon, at 12:06 PM, Tonawanda PD dispatch relayed a medic call from the Ciminelli parking lot at Joanne's Hallmark Shop, 600 Delaware Avenue, where a 50-year-old man reported that he had self-dosed ecstasy and could no longer catch his breath. Of all the places in the region to go noticeably over on a party drug at lunchtime, the Hallmark parking lot is an admirably wholesome choice.

Lancaster · Delta Sonic

Hawaiian-Shirted Man in His Late 50s Urinates on the Delta Sonic Water Fountain, Then Strolls South

At 10:24 AM, Lancaster PD units were sent to Delta Sonic on an intoxicated-subject complaint that came with an unusually specific description: a white-haired man in his mid-to-late 50s, wearing a Hawaiian shirt, who had just urinated on the customer water fountain and then departed the property on foot, southbound. Dispatch left the description to speak for itself.

Tonawanda · 1320 Military · 5-Star Roofing

Former Employee William Willis Returns to 5-Star Roofing With a Hammer, Refuses to Leave

The workday hadn't quite started when, at 7:58 AM, Tonawanda PD dispatch put out a call to 1320 Military Road, the 5-Star Roofing yard, where a man identified on the air as former employee William Willis had shown up carrying a hammer, was refusing to leave, and was threatening the current staff. As a symbolic choice of workplace-return prop, it lacked nothing in message discipline.

Buffalo · East Sutherland

Two Dodge Chargers Race Eastbound Off East Sutherland Straight Into Cheektowaga

At 12:16 PM, Buffalo Police on the C-through-E side flagged for officer safety a pair of Dodge Chargers racing side by side eastbound on East Sutherland, disappearing across the city line into Cheektowaga at speed. The chase-your-neighbor drag-race spirit of Chargers, apparently, respects no jurisdictional boundary.


Regional BlotterThe rest of the record, by region

Buffalo Metro

Buffalo · Humboldt & East Ferry · Extrication

RESOLVED

Two-Car MVA at Humboldt and East Ferry Traps Occupant, Rescue Called

At 11:28 AM, Buffalo Fire ran a two-car crash at Humboldt Parkway and East Ferry into a full extrication, with one patient reported trapped and rescue units cutting to free them. Ladder and engine companies stayed on scene into the noon hour before the crash cleared with the patient out.

Buffalo · 154 O'Connell · Hemorrhage

Female Hemorrhage Call Draws Buffalo Fire to 154 O'Connell

At 8:51 AM, Buffalo Fire dispatch pushed a medic response to 154 O'Connell on a call broadcast simply as “female hemorrhaging.” No further detail on the source of bleeding came across the air before the transport moved out.

Cheektowaga · Hedwig Street · Armed Threats

Cheektowaga Officers Search for Man Yelling Threats to Shoot and Cut Tongues Near Straley

At 9:06 AM, Cheektowaga PD units were sent to Hedwig Street on a mental-health call for a Black man reported yelling threats to shoot people and cut their tongues, last seen headed toward the Straley area with an unspecified object in his hand. Officers worked the surrounding blocks for a description-only track.

Depew · 53 Linden Drive · Suicidal Subject

Man Threatens Suicide in Depew Backyard After Breakup; Vehicle Check Underway

At 1:35 PM, Depew and Amherst PD units were sent to 53 Linden Drive in Depew after a caller reported a man threatening suicide in the backyard following a breakup. Officers moved on the yard as a vehicle check was run on the subject.

Southtowns

East Aurora · 421 Linden · Fall

90-Year-Old Falls Down Stairs at 421 Linden, Head Bleeding Uncontrolled

At 12:13 PM, East Aurora Fire dispatch pushed the highest severity coding for a 90-year-old man who had fallen down a full flight of stairs at 421 Linden, with his head bleeding uncontrolled on arrival. A paramedic response was ordered in.

Chautauqua & Cattaraugus

Olean · 632 Garden Avenue · Carjacking Follow-Up

Carjacked Male Reports Attacker Still Has His House Key, Tried to Get Inside

At 1:14 PM, Olean PD took a call from a man at 632 Garden Avenue, Apartment 3 who reported that after being carjacked in Allegheny he'd noticed the suspect still had his house keys — and that someone had already tried the door of his apartment. Officers moved to check the residence and canvass the block.

Jamestown · 90 Barrett Avenue · Gas Odor

Strong Natural Gas Odor Drives a Jamestown Fire Response to a Barrett Avenue Apartment

At 11:50 AM, Jamestown Fire units were sent to an apartment at 90 Barrett Avenue for a strong natural-gas odor inside the unit — the same block cited in yesterday's PM edition for a drawn-firearm call. Crews aired-out the space and had National Fuel en route as the thread moved on.

Other Calls of Note

Northtowns
[9:53 AM]Williamsville · 44 School Street · Fire Alarm Williamsville 9 checked a routine fire-alarm activation at the same School Street address as the morning's yellow-jacket call; nothing showing on arrival.
[7:45 AM]Amherst · 495 North Forest Road · Stolen Vehicle Amherst police took a report of a silver Lexus stolen from a driveway with the keys inside, sighted moments later at Bailey and Brandt.
[12:40 PM]Amherst · 147 Reist Street · Comprehensive Rehab Amherst Fire ran a highest-severity medic response to Comprehensive Rehab at 147 Reist Street for a 64-year-old man with an extensive cardiac history complaining of chest pain.
[2:39 PM]Amherst · 715 Renaissance Drive · Canterbury Woods Amherst medics were sent to Canterbury Woods at 715 Renaissance Drive for a 95-year-old woman found unconscious with shallow breathing.
[8:52 AM]Amherst · 6363 Transit Road · Tulsa Senior Living Amherst Fire responded to Tulsa Senior Living at 6363 Transit Road for a resident with arm and head injuries.
[10:14 AM]Amherst · 34 Campbell Meadows · Stolen Vehicle Follow-Up Amherst officers investigated a vehicle with two open windows at 34 Campbell Meadows, opened as a stolen-vehicle inquiry; a fire alarm at the same address followed later in the morning.
[1:21 PM]Amherst · 219 Princeton · Domestic Amherst PD was sent to 219 Princeton on a father refusing to let his son leave the property, with threatening behavior alleged.
[11:25 AM]Tonawanda · 2799 Sheridan Drive · Sapphire Rehab Tonawanda police were called to Sapphire Rehab at 2799 Sheridan Drive after an altercation between a schizophrenic resident and a nurse practitioner in room 102.
[12:24 PM]Tonawanda · 275 Woodland · Weapons Threat Tonawanda officers ran a welfare check at 275 Woodland after a report that an adolescent had made threats of violence and mentioned trying to acquire a gun.
[12:39 PM]Tonawanda · 887 Parkhurst Boulevard · Child Injury Kenmore-side medics were sent to 887 Parkhurst Boulevard for a 7-year-old boy who fell and fractured an arm.
[8:02 AM]North Tonawanda · Saunders Settlement Road · Two-Car MVA Niagara County Fire dispatched to Saunders Settlement Road and Cable Boulevard for a two-vehicle collision with airbag deployment; one party was already in treatment on arrival.
[1:47 PM]Grand Island · 438 Whitehaven Road · Chest Pain Grand Island Fire was hot-toned to 438 Whitehaven Road for a 77-year-old woman with chest pain.
[9:26 AM]Clarence · 5945 Vinecroft Drive · Vinecroft Living Center Amherst Fire ran a medic response to Vinecroft Living Center at 5945 Vinecroft Drive for a 92-year-old woman with hypertensive complaints.
[1:57 PM]Clarence · 12320 Maple Road · Post-Surgical Amherst Fire was called to 12320 Maple Road for a 61-year-old man with leg pain following recent surgery, dispatched as a possible clot.
Buffalo Metro
[8:07 AM]Buffalo · 8 Hertel Avenue · Chest Pain Buffalo Fire sent a medic to 8 Hertel Avenue for a 52-year-old man with chest pain.
[8:14 AM]Buffalo · 565 Abbott Road · Rape Report BPD District A officers responded to 565 Abbott Road for a possible rape report from a female victim; officers took the initial account and requested EMS.
[7:53 AM]Buffalo · East Delavan & Bailey · Assault BPD C-E units responded to East Delavan and Bailey after a caller reported a man hitting a woman near the bus shelter.
[10:13 AM]Buffalo · 909 Jefferson & 1770 Broadway · Detained BPD C-E officers detained a subject on an active theft at 909 Jefferson / 1770 Broadway who came back with outstanding Cheektowaga warrants, with transfer arranged between the two departments.
[12:48 PM]Buffalo · 232 14th Street · Overdose Buffalo Fire's Engine 37 and AMR ran an overdose at 232 14th Street, near Connecticut and Vermont, with the patient transported to Buffalo Mercy.
[12:32 PM]Buffalo · 463 Lisbon · Psychiatric Buffalo Fire requested police backup at 463 Lisbon for a male psychiatric patient with abnormal violent behavior before EMS could work him.
[12:25 PM]Buffalo · 106 Wendy · CO Investigation Engine 31 and Ladder 14 were sent to 106 Wendy on a CO investigation with symptoms reported in the upper unit.
[12:09 PM]Buffalo · 273 Georgia · Gas Odor Buffalo Fire investigated a natural-gas odor complaint at 273 Georgia and found no readings on the meter; National Fuel was called for a follow-up.
[7:05 AM]Buffalo · 490 North Legion Drive · Fall Buffalo Fire took an early call to 490 North Legion Drive for an 80-year-old man who had fallen and was not alert.
[10:40 AM]Cheektowaga · Best Buy Lot · Shoplifting Chase A shoplifter fled the JCPenney / Best Buy area of the mall on foot into the lower-level parking garage — a white male around 30 in a dark blue cap and red backpack, per updates through Cheektowaga PD.
[12:54 PM]Cheektowaga · 225 Benner Road · Elderwood Cheektowaga Fire EMS was sent to Elderwood at 225 Benner Road for an 84-year-old woman with chest pain and difficulty breathing.
[11:19 AM]Depew · 5910 Transit · Suicidal Male Depew Fire and LVAC ran a call at 5910 Transit for an adult male with suicidal ideation who had left Veterans Hospital under his own power.
Southtowns
[9:27 AM]Hamburg · 4909 Southwestern · Possible Stroke Hamburg Fire and Scranton EMS ran a hot response to 4909 Southwestern Boulevard for a possible CVA with a left-side deficit.
[9:37 AM]Orchard Park · 6050 Armored Duels · Semi-Conscious Orchard Park Fire pushed a hot response to Apt 224 at 6050 Armored Duels Road for a resident semi-conscious with labored breathing.
[9:49 AM]Hamburg · 4414 Southwestern Blvd · Gas Odor Hamburg Fire and Big Tree Fuel investigated an odor of natural gas at the Stadium View Inn, 4414 Southwestern Blvd.
[12:56 PM]Springville · 153 Child Street · Bee Sting Anaphylaxis Springville EMS ran a severe allergic reaction to a bee sting at 153 Child Street; the 68-year-old man was found on the floor.
[10:38 AM]West Seneca · 62 Carl Street · Unconscious West Seneca PD and AMR responded to 62 Carl Street for a 78-year-old man unconscious with altered mental status.
[7:36 AM]Boston · 7072 Boston State Road · Allergic Reaction Boston EMS ran an early-morning allergic reaction at 7072 Boston State Road; an EpiPen had already been administered before crews arrived.
Niagara County
[10:01 AM]Wheatfield · Fieldcrest & Middleton · Unresponsive Child Niagara County Fire pushed an ALS medic between Fieldcrest and Middleton for an 8-year-old boy briefly unresponsive but reportedly regaining consciousness on arrival.
GLOW Counties
[11:59 AM]Wyoming County · 115 3rd Street · Domestic Wyoming County deputies were sent to 115 3rd Street for a domestic disturbance described as yelling and screaming.
[7:50 AM]Wyoming County · Route 77 · Vehicle in Ditch Wyoming County Sheriff logged a vehicle-into-ditch on Route 77 near 1070, between 354 and Poland Hill Road; no injuries reported on the air.
[11:37 AM]Genesee County · Groundwater Street · Breathing Genesee County Fire ran a call for a 25-year-old woman with trouble breathing, initially dispatched to 10 Maple, then re-routed to Groundwater Street.
Chautauqua & Cattaraugus
[7:28 AM]Cattaraugus County · I-86 Eastbound · Rollover Chautauqua County Fire ran an early-morning rollover at Route 394 and Ramsey Road with one subject out of the vehicle on arrival and unknown injury.
[2:00 PM]Cattaraugus County · 1900 Dan Eaton Drive · Home Depot Cattaraugus County Fire ran a man slumped over in the Home Depot lot at 1900 Dan Eaton Drive with chest pain and two nitros already taken with no relief.
[11:20 AM]Cattaraugus County · Route 16 · Ditch MVA Cattaraugus Fire worked a one-car crash into a ditch near Route 16 and Kent Road with one patient reporting a neck injury.
[10:24 AM]Dunkirk · 726 Central Avenue · Car Struck Pole Dunkirk Fire ran a car-vs-utility-pole crash at 726 Central Avenue with unknown injury.
[11:59 AM]Jamestown · 36 Midgley Street · Unattended Death Jamestown Fire's Engine 3 responded to 36 Midgley Street on what was dispatched as an unattended death or unresponsive person.
Elsewhere in WNY
[10:29 AM]Thruway · Route 361.1 Westbound · Trailer Fire Thruway Ch4 aired a U-Haul car trailer with a brake fire on the westbound Thruway near mile 361.1.
[7:55 AM]Thruway · Mile 426.9 Eastbound · Two-Vehicle MVA Thruway Ch4 logged a property-damage MVA at mile 426.9 eastbound between a Kia Sportage and a Ford F-150, no injuries reported.

Editor’s Note

The eight-hour daylight window ran hot on the wires from I-86 south, with a cement-mixer truck fully engulfed and fuel tanks exploding in the Breed Run stretch of Cattaraugus County drawing a multi-agency working-fire response. Buffalo Fire and BPD kept the city's usual medical-and-domestic churn steady, but the loudest calls of the afternoon came from the Southern Tier — a rehab-facility heroin overdose in Salamanca that took four rounds of Narcan, a structure fire in Sheridan that pushed to a fourth-alarm posture, and a small child running unattended in Gowanda that pulled a wide sheriff's search. Around the Northtowns it was mostly Elderwood-and-Canterbury medical runs and a suicidal-intent welfare check at Triad Apartments that ate an hour of dispatch attention.

Daily Gem

black Chevy pickup towing a trailer with a crate containing a donkey, weaving lanes”

— Thruway Ch4, 9:49 AM

By the Numbers

Segments
9,595
Active systems
27
Busiest hour
12:00 PM–1:00 PM
Regional Breaking
1
Updates
0
By Agency (top 5)
BucketSegs
Fire / EMS5100
Police3500
Airport / aviation430
Rail / maritime300
Other265
By Area (top 5)
BucketSegs
Buffalo4400
Outer counties2500
Cheektowaga / Lancaster / Depew900
Williamsville & Amherst800
Niagara County500

By-agency and by-area counts are proportional estimates from channel-family activity; conventional trunks are mapped by their home region.

The WNY Listening Post · Thursday, August 13, 2026 · P.M. Edition · Vol. I, No. 96
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