Suspicious Fire Tears Through Downtown Binghamton Houses

Binghamton firefighters battled a fast-moving blaze that erupted in an abandoned building and spread to a neighboring structure.

The fire started in a two-family house at 124 Henry Street. It was reported shortly after 2 a.m. Thursday.

A suspicious fire raced through this abandoned house at 124 Henry Street on April 25, 2024. (Photo: Bob Joseph/WNBF News)

The two-story wood frame building was engulfed in flames when the first police officer arrived at the scene. The fire quickly spread to the rear of a neighboring house at 126 Henry Street.

A man who had been inside the second building made it out safely.

The building where the fire originated was mostly consumed by the blaze. The 3-story structure to the east sustained extensive damage.

Mayor Jared Kraham told WNBF News no injuries were reported.

A fast-moving fire spread to this building at 126 Henry Street on April 25, 2024. (Photo: Bob Joseph/WNBF News)

The fire started in a building that was next door to an abandoned structure that had burned in an arson blaze on February 21.

The mayor ordered the emergency demolition of the two buildings damaged by Thursday's fire because they posed a safety hazard.

The building housing Amici restaurant at Henry and Fayette streets was not damaged by a fire in two neighboring structures. (Photo: Bob Joseph/WNBF News)

Isaac Anzaroot owned the building where the latest fire started, as well as the one next door. The properties were to be transferred to the city of Binghamton under a settlement with Anzaroot that was announced last December.

Kraham said the properties included under the settlement are still owned by Anzaroot because the legal process hasn't been finalized.

VIDEO: Mayor Kraham spoke with WNBF News at the Henry Street fire scene on April 25, 2024.

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