A firefighter is dead and two others suffered serious injuries fighting a massive blaze int he Southern Tier of New York on Wednesday night. The fire broke in the city of Binghamton in Broome County just north of the Pennsylvania state line.

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A firefighter battling a blaze in the upstate New York city of Binghamton died after a wall collapsed, officials said Thursday. Firefighter John R. Gaudet, 40, was pronounced dead at a local hospital late Wednesday night after crews responded to a major downtown fire that broke at about 9:30 p.