BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — Wednesday was another hot and humid day for Western New Yorkers.
Some had the day off for Juneteenth but not everyone.
7 News met up with some who were working in some of the hottest conditions around.
Nick Renkas, a foreman with Grabber & Sons Landscaping, was trimming hedges at a Williamsville property: "We've only been out here for 30 minutes at this job site and you can already see it's taken a toll."
Volunteer firefighters in Amherst were taking part in a town-wide mutual aid training session at the Getzville Fire Hall Wednesday morning.
Training officer Steven Herberger said they decided to scale back some of the exercises, including a life fire drill, because of the extreme heat: "When we have a drill like this we adapt our plans based on the temperature, heat-related issues. Today we've got them in a pretty low-level turnout gear to be able to sustain that.”
There are few places hotter than inside a pizzeria during a heatwave. At Mister Pizza on Elmwood Avenue, the ovens were blazing at lunchtime.
Owner Anthony Franco says that’s just how you make good pizza: "550 degrees. And that's just constantly on, constantly on all day. We have six or seven ovens running at the same time. So it gets a little hot back here."
