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Oily Rags Start Blaze Inside Golf Course Clubhouse In Westchester Oily Rags Start Blaze Inside Golf Course Clubhouse In Westchester
Oily Rags Start Blaze Inside Golf Course Clubhouse In Westchester Firefighters responded to the clubhouse at a Northern Westchester golf course after discarded oily rags sparked a blaze inside the building.  The incident happened on Friday, March 1 at around 6 p.m., when a fire alarm went off inside the clubhouse at Glen Arbor Golf Club in Bedford Hills, the Bedford Hills Fire Department said on Tuesday, March 5.  Responding crews found a small fire in the building's parlor room caused by oily rags that spontaneously combusted inside a trash can. The smoldering blaze was soon extinguished and contained in the room, the department said. Crews th…

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by Ben Crnic
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Residents Evacuated After Rags Spontaneously Combust In Westchester Home Residents Evacuated After Rags Spontaneously Combust In Westchester Home
Residents Evacuated After Rags Spontaneously Combust In Westchester Home Residents of a home in Westchester had to be evacuated after a used rag pile spontaneously combusted in their residence, starting a fire.  The incident happened on Saturday, March 4, around 1:45 p.m., when a Port Chester police officer on patrol noticed smoke coming out of the second story of a house on Olivia Street. He then quickly sprang into action, evacuated the residents, and called the village's fire department.  Once arriving, firefighters made their way to the second floor of the home and found a pile of rags that had caught on fire. They quickly extinguished the blaze an…

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by Ben Crnic