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5 Adults, Young Child Evacuated From Burning Home In Westchester
Fire officials are investigating a blaze at a Westchester home that left several people, including young children, displaced.
The blaze began on Saturday, Oct. 5 just after 5 p.m., when a home at 439 Homestead Ave. in Mount Vernon caught on fire, according to city officials.
Five adults and two children, including a 7-year-old, were inside the house when the blaze began. Luckily though, firefighters were able to safely get them all out. No serious injuries were reported.
The fire was under control by 7:40 p.m., officials said, adding that the New Rochelle and Eastchester …
Girl's Death In 'Completely Avoidable' Wall Collapse Leads To Jail For NY Contractor
The owner of a Long Island construction company will spend months in jail after a stone wall he built collapsed, killing a 5-year-old girl.
Nadeem Anwar, age 48, of Valley Stream, was sentenced to six months behind bars and five years of probation in Brooklyn Supreme Court on Wednesday, Sept. 18, in the death of Alysson Pinto-Chaumana.
According to prosecutors, the young girl was with her mother visiting a friend’s home in Bushwick, Brooklyn, on Aug. 29, 2019, when a granite wall made of several stone pillars and a horizontal stone plate toppled onto her. The child suffered severe head trau…
Hudson Valley Boy, Age 5, Saved By First Responders After Leg Gets Stuck In Tree
Sometimes little boys will be just that, little boys.
That's was the story for one busy Hudson Valley mom when one of her two boys, ages 5 and 7, got his leg stuck in a tree and she had to call the police to help her get him free.
This all happened in Orange County at the home of Nicole Marie Manzare in Warwick on Wednesday, Dec. 28.
"I was cutting up cardboard and the boys, Will and Josh, were in the sideyard playing when I heard screaming, Manzare said.
Of course, the mom went running and found her youngest son Will with his leg stuck in a tree.
"I tried everything to get his leg fr…
