Amherst home destroyed by fire

By David F. Sherman

        Snyder firefighters were called to a home at 299 Frankhauser Road at 11:22 Sunday night for a report of a house fire.  The resident reported he was asleep but was awakened by a noise and found the house on fire.  He escaped through the rear of the house with a pet dog.  Upon arrival within four minutes, firefighters found flames had already extended through the roof.  Snyder Chief Tom Merrill said the cause of the $120,000 blaze was the disposal of fireplace ashes in a plastic garbage can left in the breezeway of the home.  The Getzville Fire Company responded with a Firefighter Assist and Search Team.