Fire that Evacuated Downtown Apartment Building Under Arson Investigation - The Ithaca Voice

Suspicious stairwell fire at Asteri apartment building under investigation, officials say • 14850

A three-alarm fire in a stairwell in a twelve-story downtown Ithaca apartment building late Sunday “has been determined by IPD to be suspicious and is under investigation,” according to a statement from the City of Ithaca on Monday evening. Officials had not immediately responded to a request for information on Sunday evening in the wake of reports Green Street was closed due to a fire response. “Crews were dispatched at about 5:30pm for a repor…

Fire that evacuated downtown apartment building under arson investigation - The Ithaca Voice

ITHACA, N.Y. — Several people were treated for smoke inhalation after a three-alarm fire broke out at the apartment building attached to the Downtown Ithaca Conference Center on East Green Street in Ithaca Sunday evening. Ithaca Police Chief Thomas Kelly told The Ithaca Voice that the fire had been deemed “suspicious” and that an arson investigation was ongoing. Nobody has been taken into custody in connection to the fire as of Monday afternoon.…