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High-Rise Blaze Prompts Evacuation Of Residents At Westchester Apartment Building High-Rise Blaze Prompts Evacuation Of Residents At Westchester Apartment Building
High-Rise Blaze Prompts Evacuation Of Residents At Westchester Apartment Building A blaze on a high floor at a Northern Westchester apartment complex proved to be a difficult battle for firefighters. The blaze began in Peekskill on Friday, March 22 just before 2:30 p.m., when a fire alarm was set off at the Crossroads Apartments at 1109 Brown St., according to the City of Peekskill Fire Department.  Arriving fire crews soon found smoke coming from the window of a fifth-floor apartment and quickly raced up to begin putting it out. Once they got to the floor of the fire, crews found that the hallway was filled with smoke and found an active blaze inside the apartment.…

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by Ben Crnic
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Person Hospitalized After Blaze At Multi-Family Home In Westchester Person Hospitalized After Blaze At Multi-Family Home In Westchester
Person Hospitalized After Blaze At Multi-Family Home In Westchester A fire at a multi-family residence in Northern Westchester sent one occupant to the hospital, fire officials said. The incident began on Friday, Dec. 29 around 9:30 a.m. at a residence in Peekskill on Highland Avenue, where an electrical outlet was reported to be smoking, according to the City of Peekskill Fire Department.  Arriving crews soon found smoke coming from the first floor of the two-and-a-half-story multi-family dwelling and began entering the building to find the exact location of the blaze. Soon, firefighters found that the main body of the fire was centered in the enclose…

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by Ben Crnic
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Familiar Face, New Place: Scarsdale Fire Chief Lands New Gig Familiar Face, New Place: Scarsdale Fire Chief Lands New Gig
Familiar Face, New Place: Scarsdale Fire Chief Lands New Gig A longtime civil servant in Westchester is taking his talents north to take over at his hometown fire department where he began his career. After 17 years in Scarsdale, Fire Chief James Seymour IV will be stepping away to accept an appointment to become the City of Peekskill’s first paid fire chief, bringing his career full circle to where he first began his fire service career. Seymour began his fire service career as a volunteer in Peekskill in 1995 when he was 18 years old. He was later hired by the City as a career firefighter until his transfer to the Village of Scarsdale Fire Departme…

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by Zak Failla