A fire is reported on the roof of 11 Mill St., Batavia.
That is off Evans Street.
It's a business building and the building is being evacuated.
City Fire responding.
UPDATE 11:41 a.m.: Second alarm. Town of Batavia, Elba, and Mercy EMS dispatched.
UPDATE:
The fire seems to have originated with a piece of machinery and molten metal. It was very hot, said Capt Dan Herberger. The machine got on fire. The flames got into the installation in the ceiling. There was no real structural damage, Herberger said. "The concern was it was molten metal and that doesn't react very well with water," Herberger said.
The building is the location of SCI Manufacturing, which manufactures die-cast aluminum.
Until 1982, the building was home of the Genesee County Highway Department, before the department moved to its current location on Cedar Street.
Photos by Howard Owens
