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Village of Fishkill Fire Department

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12 Adults, 6-Year-Old Displaced After Apartment Fire Breaks Out In Area 12 Adults, 6-Year-Old Displaced After Apartment Fire Breaks Out In Area
12 Adults, 6-Year-Old Displaced After Apartment Fire Breaks Out In Area At least 13 people were driven out of their homes by a Fishkill apartment fire that took seven hours to extinguish, according to the Village of Fishkill Fire Department.  The Hudson Valley chapter of the Red Cross provided emotional and financial assistance to 12 adults and one six-year-old who had been displaced after the second-alarm fire on Sunday, Aug. 30 at approximately 11:25 a.m. Reports of pluming smoke and "heavy fire" on second floor, attic and through the roof of an apartment building in the Jefferson at Merritt Park launched a slew of emergency service outlets, including: …

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by Christina Coulter
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Fire Rips Through Home In East Fishkill Fire Rips Through Home In East Fishkill
Fire Rips Through Home In East Fishkill An East Fishkill family lost everything in a fire that ravaged the home on Queen Anne Lane. The fire, which started around 5:30 p.m., Thursday, May 16, was first reported as a tractor fire, but when East Fishkill firefighters arrived on scene they found the 3,500-square-foot home was engulfed in smoke and flames, said department officials. The fire reportedly destroyed about 90 percent of the home, but the two residents were able to escape unharmed, said a GoFundMe account set up to help the homeowners. The GoFundMe page is attempting to raise money for the family to replace some of their …

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by Kathy Reakes
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Firefighters Rescue Sleeping Person From Blaze In Beacon Firefighters Rescue Sleeping Person From Blaze In Beacon
Firefighters Rescue Sleeping Person From Blaze In Beacon A sleeping person was saved from a fire by City of Beacon firefighters when they found him inside a Main Street apartment on fire. Firefighters responded around 3:30 a.m., Thursday, April 4 to a report of a fire at 308 Main Street in Beacon, the City of Beacon Fire Department said. The first truck pulled on the scene within a minute and a half and found a three-story structure with All You Knead Artisan Bakers bakery on the first floor, two floors of apartments and a rear apartment, they said. The fire was discovered by a baker who arrived at work and found light smoke in the kitchen and …

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by Kathy Reakes
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Newburgh Man Killed After Crashing Pickup Truck Into Building Newburgh Man Killed After Crashing Pickup Truck Into Building
Newburgh Man Killed After Crashing Pickup Truck Into Building An Orange County man was killed during a single-vehicle crash in which the pickup truck plowed through the front of a building after the driver possibly suffered a medical emergency. The Dutchess County Sheriff’s Office said Don A. Tuangtuang, 62, of Newburgh, was killed around 5:30 p.m. Thursday on Main Street in the Village of Fishkill, said Capt. John Watterson. When officers arrived on the scene, CPR was being performed on Tuangtuang, who was then transported to St. Luke's Hospital where he was later pronounced dead, Watterson said. A preliminary investigation has revealed that Tuangt…

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by Kathy Reakes
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7-Year-Old Killed In Area House Fire 7-Year-Old Killed In Area House Fire
7-Year-Old Killed In Area House Fire Click here for an updated story: 7-Year-Old Killed In House Fire Remembered As Playful Boy Who Loved Superheroes A 7-year-old boy was killed in a raging house fire that broke out early Friday morning in the area. Emergency responders rushed to the scene of the fire in Dutchess County on Relyea Terrace in the town of Wappinger at around 5:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 31. Upon arrival at the scene, state police troopers were told a child may still be in the residence. Troopers made entry to the house without protective fire gear, but were unable to locate the child due to extensive fire and smoke, a…

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by Joe Lombardi