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Scooter's Lithium-Ion Battery Prompts Hazmat Response At Westchester Home Scooter's Lithium-Ion Battery Prompts Hazmat Response At Westchester Home
Scooter's Lithium-Ion Battery Prompts Hazmat Response At Westchester Home A set of lithium-ion batteries inside an electric scooter sparked a flash fire that broke windows and blew garage doors off their tracks at a Northern Westchester home. The blaze happened on Monday, July 8 just before 9 p.m. at a residence in Somers on Weeks Court, the Somers Volunteer Fire Department announced on Thursday, July 11.  According to the fire department, arriving crews found a scooter on fire in the home's garage and took it outside. They then evacuated the residence and began to cool down the scooter's lithium-ion batteries.  Firefighters soon went back inside and f…

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by Ben Crnic
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Hazmat Team Called After Broken Thermometer Spills Mercury In Westchester Home Hazmat Team Called After Broken Thermometer Spills Mercury In Westchester Home
Hazmat Team Called After Broken Thermometer Spills Mercury In Westchester Home A hazmat team was called to a Northern Westchester home after a broken thermometer spilled toxic mercury inside the residence, fire officials said. The incident happened on Saturday, Jan. 27 around 7:30 p.m., when a mercury thermometer broke inside a Somers residence on Lakeview Terrace, according to the Somers Volunteer Fire Department.  After the resident reported the incident to the department, the Westchester County Department of Emergency Service's Hazardous Materials Team was also called to the home to help deal with the spilled mercury.  Arriving crews soon evacu…

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by Ben Crnic
Police & Fire
Carbon Monoxide Scare Leads To Evacuation Of Townhomes In Westchester Carbon Monoxide Scare Leads To Evacuation Of Townhomes In Westchester
Carbon Monoxide Scare Leads To Evacuation Of Townhomes In Westchester A carbon monoxide scare led to the evacuation of several townhomes in Northern Westchester. First responders from the Chappaqua Fire Department responded to Chappaqua Crossing off Bedford Road shortly before 10 a.m. on Sunday, May 5, when a transformer exploded, causing high levels of carbon monoxide. According to officials from the Chappaqua Fire Department, upon arrival at the building, they found an electric vault smoking, and “extremely high levels of carbon monoxide” on the first floor with a “smoky haze and a strong odor of burning electric.”   Wearing breathing protection,…

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by Zak Failla