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12 Firefighters Injured While Battling Blaze At Westchester Apartment Building 12 Firefighters Injured While Battling Blaze At Westchester Apartment Building
12 Firefighters Injured While Battling Blaze At Westchester Apartment Building A dozen firefighters suffered injuries while fighting a devastating blaze in Westchester that left around 20 people without homes.  The incident began at around 10:40 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 1, when the third floor of a six-unit apartment building at 122 Downing St. in Yonkers caught on fire, according to Yonkers Assistant Fire Chief Joseph Citrone.  Arriving fire crews found flames blowing out of the top three windows, threatening an identical residential building next to it. Residents had already begun getting out of the burning building when firefighters arrived, and crews he…

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by Ben Crnic
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ID Released For Person Killed In Westchester Apartment Fire ID Released For Person Killed In Westchester Apartment Fire
ID Released For Person Killed In Westchester Apartment Fire Police have released the identity of a man killed during a large blaze at a seven-story, 95-unit housing cooperative in Westchester that also injured numerous residents and first responders. The incident took place in Yonkers around 1 a.m., Wednesday at 671 Bronx River Road. Upon arrival, members of the Yonkers Fire and Police departments immediately began rescue, firefighting, traffic, and crowd control operations.  Residents were evacuated, and approximately 65 residents were sheltered in the Scotti Community Center north of the fire scene with the assistance of the Office of Emerge…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Woman Dies, Son 'Unlikely To Recover' After Apartment Fire In Westchester Woman Dies, Son 'Unlikely To Recover' After Apartment Fire In Westchester
Woman Dies, Son 'Unlikely To Recover' After Apartment Fire In Westchester An elderly woman is dead and her son remains in critical condition following a fire that ravaged an apartment building in Westchester County.  Earlier Report - Update: Man In 'Grave' Condition After Apartment Blaze In Yonkers The fire happened on Thursday, Jan. 19 around 4:20 p.m. in Yonkers at a four-story residential apartment building at 21 Mulberry St., according to Yonkers Police.  An 85-year-old woman and her 68-year-old son were injured as a result of the blaze and were taken to a local hospital, where the woman later died from her injuries. Her son remains in "g…

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by Ben Crnic
Police & Fire
Woman, 92, Dies In Westchester House Fire Woman, 92, Dies In Westchester House Fire
Woman, 92, Dies In Westchester House Fire A 92-year-old woman died and several firefighters were hospitalized with injuries in a Westchester house fire overnight. The Mount Vernon blaze broke out just before 5 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 8 at a home on East Prospect Avenue where firefighters battled  30-degree temperatures and flame. Crews battled the elements to knock down the flame, while the Office of Emergency Management established a warming station nearby. The 92-year-old victim died due to a combination of smoke inhalation and heat, authorities said. Meanwhile, at least three firefighters were hospitalized with non-life-…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
86 People, 10 Families Displaced In Two-Alarm Westchester Apartment Fire 86 People, 10 Families Displaced In Two-Alarm Westchester Apartment Fire
86 People, 10 Families Displaced In Two-Alarm Westchester Apartment Fire Ten families were displaced, including 48 adults and 38 children, during a two-alarm fire in Westchester County. The fire started shortly before 7 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 11, at 149 North Boardway, in Yonkers, said Yonkers Fire Department Assistant Chief Thomas F. Fitzpatrick Jr. Fitzpatrick said firefighters quickly arrived on the scene and found heavy fire on the top floor of a 5-story apartment building, Fitzpatrick said. Companies quickly stretched hose lines and began suppression efforts, he said. "There was heavy fire damage on the top floor and water damage throughout," Fitzpatrick sai…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Firefighter Injured, Eight Families Displaced In Blaze At Westchester Apartment Building Firefighter Injured, Eight Families Displaced In Blaze At Westchester Apartment Building
Firefighter Injured, Eight Families Displaced In Blaze At Westchester Apartment Building All hands were on deck on Tuesday as crews dealt with three fires that broke out in area homes, leaving a firefighter with a minor injury and several families displaced in the most recent blaze, which occurred in the evening. After battling blazes in Yonkers on Park Avenue - where a woman died in a basement fire - and Brookdale Avenue, crews were called to a Warburton Avenue apartment at approximately 7:15 p.m. on Dec. 4, when a fire broke out in between the walls of two floors. Yonkers Deputy Fire Chief Daniel Flynn said that the one-alarm fire required approximately 45 firefighters. The …

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Four Hospitalized, 40 Displaced In Three-Alarm Yonkers Fire Four Hospitalized, 40 Displaced In Three-Alarm Yonkers Fire
Four Hospitalized, 40 Displaced In Three-Alarm Yonkers Fire Four people have been hospitalized and nine families with a total of 40 persons have been displaced after a three-alarm fire broke out in a four-story apartment building in Yonkers. The blaze at 221 Nepperhan Ave. was reported at 3:15 a.m. Saturday. The four people -- all civilians -- were taken to St Joes Hospital for smoke inhalation, said Thomas Fitzpatrick of the Yonkers Fire Department. The Office of Emergency Management and Red Cross are on the scene for assistance.  The nine families needing relocation have gathered at the Nodine Hill Community Center, Fitzpatrick said. This is a …

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by Joe Lombardi
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High Winds, Strong Winds Now A Concern In Westchester, Latimer Says High Winds, Strong Winds Now A Concern In Westchester, Latimer Says
High Winds, Strong Winds Now A Concern In Westchester, Latimer Says  Snowfall Totals Higher Than Expected In Westchester WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- In his first week on the job, Westchester County Executive George Latimer is closely monitoring the ongoing ‘bomb cyclone’ storm with the Commissioner of the Department of Emergency Services John Cullen and his team at the Hudson Valley Transportation Management Center in Hawthorne. “We are working in conjunction with State and local officials to keep constant watch over all weather, travel, and power outage conditions in Westchester,” Latimer said Thursday.  In addition to higher than expected snowfall, Lat…

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