Niagara Falls fire officials are looking for the cause of fire at vacant home on 9th Street early Wednesday morning.
Niagara Falls firefighters, along with police and AMR, responded to 432 9th St. around 2:40 a.m. Wednesday for a structure fire. Firefighters arrived on scene and reported a working house fire with heavy fire on the second and third floors and with an exposure on the right side.
Upon arrival, firefighters quickly established a handline in the front yard that was used to knock down the fire from the outside and to protect the house next door. Fire crews took additional headlines through the front door of the structure and began an interior attack.
The power lines to the neighboring house were damaged as a result of the fire. National Grid responded to cut the power to the primary fire building and to restore power to the occupied house next door.
The cause is under investigation.
According to witnesses. at the scene, the house had been occupied by squatters.
No injuries were reported.