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Fire Breaks Out After Lightning Strikes Tennis Club In Westchester Fire Breaks Out After Lightning Strikes Tennis Club In Westchester
Fire Breaks Out After Lightning Strikes Tennis Club In Westchester Torrential rain and severe lightning hampered firefighters as they worked a two-alarm fire Thursday at a popular tennis club. The call came in around 4:30 p.m. Thursday for the fire at the Amackassin Club at 557 Palisade Ave. in Yonkers, said Yonkers Deputy Fire Chief Thomas Fitzpatrick. "A captain was nearby and within a minute he could see flames shooting out of the roof," Fitzpatrick. Within two minutes, more than 40 firefighters responded to the two-alarm fire that may have been started by a lightning strike to the chimney, he added.  "There was a large chunk of masonry…

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