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Vehicle causes fire to two Buffalo homes

Six people are receiving help from the Red Cross after two homes caught fire Sunday afternoon in Buffalo, according to the Buffalo Fire Department. 

<p>Buffalo Fire Officials on the scne of a fire at Broadway Street and Townsend Ave in Buffalo Sunday. (WGRZ Photo/Jim Gibbons) </p>

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Six people are receiving help from the Red Cross after two homes caught fire Sunday afternoon in Buffalo, according to the Buffalo Fire Department.

Dispatchers say they received a call about the fire at about 12:11 p.m. and responded to two addresses on Townsend Ave near Broadway Street.

The source of the fire is believed to be a vehicle parked between the two homes. The fire then spread to both homes.

The vehicle sustained about $6,500 in damage while the damage to both homes is estimated at about $50,000 each. About $30,000 is estimated in damage to the content of each home. dispatchers say.

There were no reported injuries and how the vehicle caught fire is under investigation.

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