Jason Daniel Arno a 37-year-old firefighter from Buffalo passed away battling a blaze in the city’s downtown area on Wednesday, March 1 2023.
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Arno died responding to a four-alarm fire that broke out around 10 a.m. Wednesday in a three-story building on Main Street, the Buffalo Fire Department said.
It was not immediately clear exactly how the firefighter died, but Buffalo Fire Commissioner William Renaldo said he had been near a part of the building that collapsed.
He was married to a nurse at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center. He had a young daughter. He joined the Buffalo Fire Department three years ago.
The Buffalo Fire Dept has released the name of the brave firefighter who lost his life in the line of duty on March 1, 2023. Jason Arno was a member of The BFD’s Engine Co. 2 for 3 yrs. He was 37 yrs old. Everyone keep FF Arno's family and his fellow Firefighters in their prayers pic.twitter.com/3yg3TneFBK
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— Byron W. Brown (@MayorByronBrown) March 2, 2023
Buffalo Fire Commissioner William Renaldo said that there were reports of workers who were renovating the building using torches on the outside the building, which the fire department believes was the cause of the blaze.
Mayo Byron W. Brown ordered flags on city buildings to be flown at half-staff in honour of Jason Daniel Arno
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