WEBSTER, N.Y. — Authorities say they’re evacuating a lakeside neighborhood in western New York where a firefighter was shot while responding to a blaze that has engulfed three homes.

Officials in the town of Webster said that someone shot at firefighters about 6 a.m. today when they arrived at a fire near the Lake Ontario shore just east of Rochester.

A fire official with the West Webster Fire District said that the firefighter is in satisfactory condition at Strong Memorial Hospital.

Officials say a fire started in one home has spread to two others and a car. Police have surrounded the neighborhood and are searching for the shooter.