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Update: Man In 'Grave' Condition After Apartment Blaze In Westchester County Update: Man In 'Grave' Condition After Apartment Blaze In Westchester County
Update: Man In 'Grave' Condition After Apartment Blaze In Westchester County Two residents were hospitalized after a fast-moving fire tore through a Westchester County apartment building, leaving one man critically injured.  Earlier Report - 2 Hospitalized After Fast-Moving Apartment Fire Breaks Out In Yonkers: Developing The fire started 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 Public Information Officer Yonkers PIO Dean Politopoulos.  As a result of the blaze, a 68-year-old man and an 85-year-old woman were taken to a local hospital. The man …

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by Ben Crnic
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ID Released For Victim In Fatal Four-Alarm Westchester Apartment Fire ID Released For Victim In Fatal Four-Alarm Westchester Apartment Fire
ID Released For Victim In Fatal Four-Alarm Westchester Apartment Fire A man killed during a fire at a four-story building in Westchester has been identified. Peter Lettieri, 64, a resident of the building, was killed during the four-alarm fire that started around 7:28 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 23 at 112 Saratoga Ave., in Yonkers, said  Yonkers Police D/Lt. Dean Politopoulos. In addition to Lettieri, who lived on the first floor, five residents were injured, and 26 firefighters, with two still in the hospital, said Yonkers Fire Department Deputy Chief Joseph Citrone.  One of those injured was forced to jump from a third-story window to escape. Two cats a…

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by Kathy Reakes
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12 Families Displaced In Two-Alarm Westchester Blaze That Causes Metro-North Delays 12 Families Displaced In Two-Alarm Westchester Blaze That Causes Metro-North Delays
12 Families Displaced In Two-Alarm Westchester Blaze That Causes Metro-North Delays Ten firefighters were injured and a dozen families displaced when a fire broke out that left two houses in Westchester destroyed and caused Metro-North delays. Crews were dispatched to 781 Warburton Ave. in Yonkers at approximately 8:40 p.m. on Wednesday, June 19, when flames broke out in the first building affected, Deputy Fire Chief Daniel Flynn said. In total, 55 firefighters responded to the scene, with additional relief crews called in for assistance. Flynn said that upon arrival, crews found that the fire had spread throughout the building, and the rear walls of the building collapsed…

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by Zak Failla
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Six Injured, Six Apartments Uninhabitable In Three-Alarm Yonkers Fire Six Injured, Six Apartments Uninhabitable In Three-Alarm Yonkers Fire
Six Injured, Six Apartments Uninhabitable In Three-Alarm Yonkers Fire An unknown number of residents were displaced in Westchester when a three-alarm fire broke out in a four-story apartment building on a busy Yonkers road. Five firefighters and one resident suffered minor injuries on Monday afternoon, as firefighters were called to a McLean Avenue building shortly after 3:30 p.m. on Jan. 14, Yonkers Deputy Fire Chief Daniel Flynn. Upon arrival, at the apartment building, firefighters were met by a “large volume of fire on the second floor,” Flynn said. In total, 65 firefighters from Yonkers, Greenville and New Rochelle responded to the scene. The fire was de…

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by Zak Failla