{"id":202346,"date":"2026-05-26T08:03:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T08:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/202346\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T08:03:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T08:03:12","slug":"erie-county-investigators-probe-2m-golf-course-fire-finger-lakes-daily-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/202346\/","title":{"rendered":"Erie County Investigators Probe $2M Golf Course Fire \u2013 Finger Lakes Daily News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fingerlakesdailynews.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Home<\/a><br \/>\n                \u203a<br \/>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fingerlakesdailynews.com\/regional-state-congressional\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Regional &amp; State News<\/a><br \/>\n                \u203a<br \/>\n                Erie County Investigators Probe $2M Golf Course Fire<\/p>\n<p>                <img width=\"800\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/pexels-pixabay-274133-800x500.jpg\" class=\"attachment-fldn-hero size-fldn-hero wp-post-image\" alt=\"A golf ball sits next to a club head on a green grass surface.\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\"\/>                                  A golf ball and club head are shown on a green grass surface, a common visual for golf-related news.<\/p>\n<p>A fire at a Western New York golf course caused an estimated $2 million in damage Saturday morning, according to fire investigators.<\/p>\n<p>The Newstead Fire Company was dispatched to Arrowhead Golf Course at 10:38 a.m.in Akron\u00a0 after reports of a structure fire at The Sterling, the golf course\u2019s event venue.<\/p>\n<p>Fire chiefs arriving at the scene reported heavy smoke and active flames coming from the building\u2019s northwest corner. Members of the public were evacuating the structure as emergency crews arrived.<\/p>\n<p>No injuries were reported.<\/p>\n<p>The Erie County Sheriff\u2019s Office Fire Investigation Unit later determined the fire was caused by the improper disposal of a cigarette.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators estimated the fire caused approximately $1.5 million in damage to the structure and another $500,000 in damage to its contents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-newsletter-cta__heading\">\n                  Stay Informed:<br \/>\n                  Finger Lakes news, delivered to your inbox every morning.\n                <\/p>\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__subscriber-text\">Our records show you&#8217;re subscribed.<\/p>\n<p>Not the case? Sign up here.              <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Home \u203a Regional &amp; State News \u203a Erie County Investigators Probe $2M Golf Course Fire A golf ball&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":202347,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[136,138,137],"class_list":["post-202346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-erie","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202346\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/202347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}