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Two Building Department Officials Charged In Connection To Double-Fatal Hudson Valley Fire Two Building Department Officials Charged In Connection To Double-Fatal Hudson Valley Fire
Two Building Department Officials Charged In Connection To Double-Fatal Hudson Valley Fire Two Rockland County building inspectors have been indicted on felony charges involving the filing of false inspection reports in connection with a massive fire that killed two people, including a firefighter. Spring Valley Building Department chief Wayne Ballard and Assistant Building Inspector Raymond Canario, were indicted by a grand jury on Monday, Nov. 15 following an investigation into the March fatal fire at the Evergreen Court Home for Adults, said Rockland County District Attorney Tom Walsh. Canario, age 45, was indicted on: Three counts of offering a false instrument for fil…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Four Charged, Two Arrest Warrants Pending In Fatal Hudson Valley Fire, DA Says Four Charged, Two Arrest Warrants Pending In Fatal Hudson Valley Fire, DA Says
Four Charged, Two Arrest Warrants Pending In Fatal Hudson Valley Fire, DA Says Four people have been arrested, including two facing manslaughter charges, and two others face arrest warrants in connection with a fatal fire at a Rockland County home for elderly residents. The arrests were announced on Tuesday, June 29 by Rockland County District Attorney Thomas Walsh during a press conference following a three-month investigation into the Tuesday, March 23, fire at Evergreen Court Home for Adults in Spring Valley. The fire, which caused the building to partially collapse, killed Spring Valley Volunteer Firefighter Jared Lloyd as he was rescuing residents and a 79-year-…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Photos: Large Tree Crashes Onto House In Area Photos: Large Tree Crashes Onto House In Area
Photos: Large Tree Crashes Onto House In Area A family in the area got an unexpected and unwelcome wake-up call when a tree came crashing through the roof of the house. First responders in Ramapo were dispatched to the residence on Feller Court in the Village of Airmont shortly after 4:30 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 12 where there was a report of a large, tall tree that had uprooted and struck the household. Upon arrival, members of the Ramapo Police Department and Tallman Fire Department found that the tree had gone through a portion of the roof through a section of the attic on the side of the house after uprooting. There were no injurie…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Car Crashes Into Front Of House In Westchester Car Crashes Into Front Of House In Westchester
Car Crashes Into Front Of House In Westchester A car slammed into the front of a Westchester duplex overnight, damaging a brick wall and causing the evacuation of residents. The incident took place around 2:49 a.m. Friday when the car slammed into a house at 73 Shonnard Place, said Yonkers Police Det. Sgt. Dean Politopoulos. The driver, who apparently lost control of the vehicle, was taken to a hospital for minor injuries. No one inside the home was injured, he said. The duplex had to be evacuated until the city building inspector assessed the damage, he added. The car was removed by 9:30 a.m. Friday.

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Two Families Displaced In Blaze Battled By 45 Firefighters In Westchester Two Families Displaced In Blaze Battled By 45 Firefighters In Westchester
Two Families Displaced In Blaze Battled By 45 Firefighters In Westchester Two families were displaced on late Thursday night after a fire broke out in the upper floors of a multi-family home in Yonkers.   Crews from the Yonkers Fire Department responded to a structure fire on Hawthorne Avenue shortly before 9:45 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 6, Assistant Chief Thomas Fitzpatrick said. Upon arrival, firefighters found smoke coming from the rear of the building. Fitzpatrick said that firefighters found flames on the third floor that extended to the enclosed attic area of the home. Three hoses were brought into the home, with one put into operation, he said, and …

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by Zak Failla