12/25/12 - Mason house fire, 2394 Rolfe Rd

Just after 12:30 PM on Christmas Day, Tuesday, December 25, 2012, the Mason Fire Department responded to a house fire at 2394 Rolfe Rd. Dispatch info was a house filling with smoke and residents can hear fire in the wall. Command requested mutual aid be started from the Leslie Fire Department while still en route. On arrival, a working fire was quickly confirmed with heavy smoke showing from a ranch style home. Additional mutual aid was requested from the Dansville & Onondaga fire departments for tankers and manpower. Crews from Engine 809 dropped a supply line up the driveway as they entered, then pulled two preconnects, one to enter the home from the A side and one to knock down visible fire in an exterior wall on the C side. Rescue 806 stopped at the entrance to the drive and with Tanker 811, set up portable tanks to receive water for a water supply. The fire had extended into the attic but not the living space of the home, so once the fire was knocked down, tarps were laid out to preserve property as ceilings were pulled to extinguish the attic. Dansville provided a RIT. Extensive overhaul was required as all areas of the attic had to be checked for extension. There were no injuries.