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Wind-Driven Two-Alarm Fire Destroys Hudson Valley Home, Kills Dog Wind-Driven Two-Alarm Fire Destroys Hudson Valley Home, Kills Dog
Wind-Driven Two-Alarm Fire Destroys Hudson Valley Home, Kills Dog Whipping winds and frigid temperatures created tricky conditions for fire crews in the area who worked to battle an overnight two-alarm fire that tore through an area home and garage and claimed the life of a family dog. Crews in Dutchess County from the Arlington Fire District responded to a Vassar Road home near the Red Oaks Mill fire station shortly after 3 a.m. on Monday, March 15, where there was a report of a garage fire, Chief William Steenbergh said. Upon arrival minutes later, Steenbergh said that not only was the garage on fire, but the blaze had spread to the main house, which wa…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Three Children, Dog Rescued From Roof By Firefighters After Blaze Breaks Out Three Children, Dog Rescued From Roof By Firefighters After Blaze Breaks Out
Three Children, Dog Rescued From Roof By Firefighters After Blaze Breaks Out Three children and a dog were rescued from a cloud of smoke and fire-filled apartment by firefighters using ladders to reach them. The fire started around 12:30 p.m., Thursday, June 4, in an Ulster County second-floor apartment at 728 Broadway in Kingston. When Kingston firefighters arrived on the scene within three minutes, they found smoke coming from the windows and a second alarm was sounded by Deputy Fire Chief Darren Bondar. The children, two boys, ages 14 and 6, and a 13-year-old girl, along with their dog, climbed through the window to the roof where they were rescued by firefighte…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Firefighters Rescue Three From Fourth-Floor Housing Complex Fire Firefighters Rescue Three From Fourth-Floor Housing Complex Fire
Firefighters Rescue Three From Fourth-Floor Housing Complex Fire Firefighters rescued three people from the top floor of a senior housing apartment complex during a fire. The incident took place around 6:20 a.m., Thursday, May 21, in Rockland County at the Sycamore Crest Apartment complex at 15 Summit Ave., in Spring Valley, said Officer Matt Galli. Spring Valley police and firefighters initially responded to the complex for a fire alarm but were met with heavy smoke on the fourth floor of the complex, Gallie said. "Firefighters on the scene heroically removed two bed-ridden occupants from the fourth floor," Galli said.  A third occ…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Area Home Built In 1795 Heavily Damaged By Fire Area Home Built In 1795 Heavily Damaged By Fire
Area Home Built In 1795 Heavily Damaged By Fire A LaGrange home built in 1795 received heavy damage following a fire on the second floor and the left side of the home, the LaGrange Fire Department said. The fire started around 10:40 a.m., Tuesday, Aug. 27, at 15 Skidmore Road, said LaGrange Fire Chief Barry Ward. Arriving units found heavy fire on the second floor of the left side of the home, he added. Firefighters were able to make a quick attack and had extinguished the flames within an hour or so and cleared the scene by 1 p.m., he said. Two residents were not home at the time of the fire, but a dog was rescued and a cat was unaccou…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Hero Police Officers Save Residents From Three-Alarm Fire In Newburgh Hero Police Officers Save Residents From Three-Alarm Fire In Newburgh
Hero Police Officers Save Residents From Three-Alarm Fire In Newburgh City of Newburgh police officers braved smoke and flames to save several residents inside a home early Wednesday as flames spread throughout the residence. The call for the fire came in around 3:47 a.m. Wednesday at 746 Broadway, said City of Newburgh Police Det. Lt. Joseph Burns. Upon arrival, officers found the first floor of the residence was heavily engulfed in flames and onlookers told them there will still residents inside the building, Burns said. Officer Daniel D’Elicio ran into the building and located an elderly man that he was able to safely evacuate, wh…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Good Samaritans Pull Woman Trapped Inside Overturned Car On Taconic Good Samaritans Pull Woman Trapped Inside Overturned Car On Taconic
Good Samaritans Pull Woman Trapped Inside Overturned Car On Taconic Two Good Samaritans are being hailed as heroes after rushing to pull an unconscious woman who was trapped inside an overturned vehicle engulfed in flames on the Taconic State Parkway near the Northern Westchester/Putnam border on Thursday. The crash occurred around 3 a.m. near exit 14 (Baldwin Road) in Yorktown. Brian Geary, 30, of East Fishkill and another unknown passerby stopped to assist 56-year-old Linda Gironda prior to the arrival of emergency services. Gironda's vehicle had overturned after hit a rock wall and caught fire with her trapped inside. With the vehicle locked and Gironda…

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Children Jump From Fire Escape In Fast-Moving Bergen Blaze Children Jump From Fire Escape In Fast-Moving Bergen Blaze
Children Jump From Fire Escape In Fast-Moving Bergen Blaze EDGEWATER, N.J. -- Flames roared at their backs as some children jumped and others were rescued from a second-floor fire escape Monday night during a roaring blaze that blew through an Edgewater building. A group of men with ladders rushed to help get the girls and an adult out of the second-floor Pro Arts Academy Dance Studio on River Road while other youngsters jumped into their arms or fell to the ground, video shows. The children were coming down a ladder when it suddenly slipped and fell, forcing others to jump as the blaze drew closer. Five people were hospitalized with injuries that…

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
Remains Of Missing Pearl River Dog Found In Burned House Remains Of Missing Pearl River Dog Found In Burned House
Remains Of Missing Pearl River Dog Found In Burned House A Pearl River family who were devasted when their home was lost to a fire earlier this month, suffered another blow over the weekend when the remains of a beloved dog who has missing since the fire, were found in the rubble. The Loughran family had put out an online call across the area searching for Barrett, a 6 1/2-year-old American bullmastiff, since the Jan. 8, fire that injured two people and completely razed the family's Orangeburg Road home. On Sunday, the family announced on Facebook that Barrett's remains had been found: "We want to thank everyone for all of your thoughts and …

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by Kathy Reakes