4 firefighters shot, 2 dead, after responding to blaze
By Jason White
NBC News
Four volunteer firefighters were shot -- two fatally -- as they responded to a blaze early Monday at a small cluster of homes along Lake Ontario in Webster, N.Y.
The firefighters arrived on the scene just before 6 a.m. ET, and as they exited their vehicles they were fired upon, police and fire officials said. Police chief
“These firemen are part of our family. You go into a fire with these guys. To see them go down with something like this is totally unexpected. We are in shock,” Billy Gross, fire commissioner for West Webster, told the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.
The gunfire forced firefighters to flee from the scene of the blaze -- a narrow spit of land, with Lake Ontario on one side and Irondequoit Bay on the other. The two firefighters who were hit but survived are being treated at a local hospital for their wounds.
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Firefighters shot while battling New York blaze
By Chuck Johnston
CNN
updated 9:40 AM EST, Mon December 24, 2012
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
NEW: Flames engulf three homes and a vehicle as gunshots stop firefighters from battling a blaze
NEW: At least two firefighters were shot, the fire marshal says
NEW: One firefighter escaped from the scene in his own vehicle
(CNN) -- At least two firefighters were shot when they arrived to battle a blaze at a house in upstate New York on Monday, officials said.
Authorities believe someone shot at the firefighters shortly after they exited their vehicles, said Rob Boutillier, fire marshal in the town of Webster, New York.
The gunfire stopped firefighters from battling the blaze and forced police SWAT teams to evacuate homes in the area.
Firefighters arrived at the scene before 6 a.m., Boutillier said. By 9 a.m., flames had engulfed three houses and a vehicle, he said.
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