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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…