BUFFALO, N.Y. — Two newly filed investigative reports obtained by 2 On Your Side Investigates into the 2023 death of Buffalo Firefighter Jason Arno reveal multiple errors and safety violations on the day Arno died inside a burning costume shop on Main Street.

The findings, which include multiple state-issued citations to the Buffalo Fire Department for safety violations, are part of an ongoing lawsuit over Arno’s death. They provide a new accounting of the split-second decisions, dangerous conditions, missed signals and long-standing safety gaps that appear to have turned a routine commercial fire into a tragedy.

The after-action reports by the fire department and New York State Department of Labor have never before been made public. 2 On Your Side Investigates tried unsuccessful

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