Firefighters battle 2 blazes Sunday in Potsdam

Firefighters kept busy with 2 fires Sunday in Potsdam.
Firefighters kept busy with 2 fires Sunday in Potsdam.(Potsdamfire.org)
Published: Feb. 20, 2023 at 4:12 PM EST
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WATERTOWN, New York (WWNY) - Firefighters kept busy with 2 fires Sunday in Potsdam.

The first happened at 8 a.m. inside a lab classroom at the Center for Advanced Materials Processing.

According to the fire department, an automatic alarm was triggered when a trash can caught fire.

Easily put out with an extinguisher, the lab sustained no damage.

The other fire was at 8:30 p.m. Sunday at a salon on Elm Street.

Potsdam had help from Canton and West Stockholm.

The damage was minimal to the business; firefighters are credited with making a quick knockdown of the flames.