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Four-Alarm Displaces 80 Residents, Injures 17 Firefighters In Westchester Four-Alarm Displaces 80 Residents, Injures 17 Firefighters In Westchester
Four-Alarm Displaces 80 Residents, Injures 17 Firefighters In Westchester More than 80 residents were displaced and one resident and 17 firefighters injured during a four-alarm fire at an apartment complex in Westchester County. The fire started around 4 p.m., Sunday, May 23 on Maple Street in Yonkers. Three of the residents had to be rescued during the blaze which affected four buildings and caused two roofs to collapse, said Yonkers Fire Department Deputy Chief Joseph Citrone. "Very difficult putting out the fire because most of it was in the rear and hard getting access," Citrone said. "Also 90-degree weather hampered firefighters." Of the four building…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Four-Alarm Westchester Blaze Sees Dramatic Rescues, Residents Jumping From Balconies Four-Alarm Westchester Blaze Sees Dramatic Rescues, Residents Jumping From Balconies
Four-Alarm Westchester Blaze Sees Dramatic Rescues, Residents Jumping From Balconies Firefighters battled a four-alarm blaze and saved three residents trapped in a third-floor apartment building in Westchester County that left 20 apartments uninhabitable. The fire took place around 6 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 6, at 1 Glenwood Ave., in Yonkers, said Yonkers Fire Department Deputy Chief Joseph Citrone. Arriving fire crews saw heavy fire coming from a third-floor apartment. Three residents were rescued by an outside ladder from one of the crews, Citrone said. The fire started inside a third-floor apartment and when the resident fled, the apartment door was not closed and the fire …

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by Kathy Reakes