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Blaze Damages Apartment Complex In Northern Westchester
Firefighters battled a blaze that damaged multiple residences at a Northern Westchester apartment building. The fire happened at the Eagle Rock Apartments at Mohegan Lake on New Chalet Drive, the Mohegan Fire Department announced on Monday, Dec. 16. According to the department, arriving crews found a blaze in the apartment's cocklift void space and transmitted a 10-75. After several hose lines were stretched to the scene, the fire was extinguished and the apartment where the blaze began was extensively overhauled. Three other apartment units sustained minimal damage,…
Police & Fire
SUV Goes Up In Flames On Road In Northern Westchester
A vehicle blaze that went up on a residential street in Northern Westchester was stopped from damaging nearby homes thanks to quick efforts from firefighters. The incident happened on Monday, Aug. 19 just before 9:30 a.m., when an SUV went up in flames on lower Brook Street in Croton-on-Hudson, according to the village's fire department. Arriving crews stretched a hose line to both extinguish the vehicle fire and cool down the neighboring house. After the SUV blaze was put out, firefighters inspected the house and found just radiant heat damage to the vinyl siding. The en…
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Iconic Longtime Westchester Bakery Damaged By Fire Seeks Help In Rebuilding
A bakery that has served its Westchester community for more than eight decades is now asking for help in recovering from a devastating fire that forced it to close. Delite Bake Shop, located in Yonkers at 773 Yonkers Ave., was damaged in a blaze that started on Saturday, July 13 around 12:30 a.m., according to the store's owner, Eric Jeraci. Because the fire happened when the business was closed, no customers or employees were injured. However, although the business has insurance, the bakery now has a "long road ahead" of them before they can reopen, and all of the costs …
Police & Fire
Fire Breaks Out At Home In Northern Westchester
A home was damaged by a gas grill fire in Northern Westchester. The blaze broke out around 7:51 p.m., Tuesday, May 11, on Hayes Drive in Yorktown Heights. When firefighters arrived on the scene they found a grill on fire next to a structure, the Yorktown Volunteer Fire Department said. A neighbor who is an off-duty firefighter was able to knock down the main body of fire utilizing a dry chemical fire extinguisher and pull the grill away from the structure prior to the fire department's arrival. The damage to the home.Yorktown Heights Fire Department Yorktown Heights firefighters secur…
Police & Fire
Three Firefighters Injured After Battling Blaze At Westchester Home
Three firefighters were injured battling a blaze in a Westchester home filled with clutter and junk. The fire took place around 3:56 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 23, at a single-family home located on the 100 block of Scott Avenue in Yonkers, said Deputy Chief Joseph Citrone. The fire started from an electrical outlet that sparked and ignited a mattress, Citrone said. "Fire crews had an extremely difficult time putting out the fire due to junk being piled to the ceiling making it hard to reach the seat of the fire," Citrone said. The house was so cluttered that it resulted in a large fire loa…
Police & Fire
Residents Rescued After Apartment Fire Breaks Out In Westchester, Injuring Three Cops
Three police officers suffered injuries as they helped rescue residents when a fire broke out in a Westchester apartment building. New Rochelle Police Officer Timothy Childs was on patrol shortly after 9 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 20 on Pelham Road when he saw smoke coming from a six-unit Franklin Avenue apartment building, prompting him to leap into action. New Rochelle Police Capt. Cosmo Costa said that the officer alerted police headquarters and began to evacuate the building until help arrived. Officer Phalen Pedro and Lt. Robert Wenzler responded and assisted in evacuating the building as …
Business
CVS Reopens Westchester Store Nearly Two Years After Fire
CVS Pharmacy has just reopened a Westchester location that was ravaged by a fire in December of 2018. The fire started at Excelsior Cleaners in Larchmont on Dec. 20 of 2018, spreading to the CVS, Shop & Shop and other small stores adjoining it in the Ferndale Plaza on Boston Post Road. While the Stop & Shop location reopened at 6 p.m. that day, just three hours after fire crews arrived at the scene, the CVS location was left with severe damage, including basement flooding. According to an official press release, the location reopened on Friday, Aug. 28 as a HealthHUB, which …
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CVS Sets Up Mobile Pharmacy In Westchester Following Fire
CVS is setting up a mobile pharmacy in Larchmont after a fire tore through the Ferndale Shopping Center, damaging the store late last year. A two-alarm fire broke out at Excelsior Cleaners on Boston Post Road in Larchmont at approximately 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 19. The fire quickly spread through the shopping center, damaging several adjoining buildings, including a CVS, which suffered flood damage. In response, CVS announced it will be opening up a fully-staffed, mobile pharmacy in front of the store at 1310 Boston Post Road in Larchmont. The pharmacy is expected to be open from 8 a.m. …
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