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Police & Fire
High-Rise Blaze Prompts Evacuation Of Residents At Peekskill Apartment Building
A blaze on a high floor at a Northern Westchester apartment complex proved to be a difficult battle for firefighters. The blaze began in Peekskill on Friday, March 22 just before 2:30 p.m., when a fire alarm was set off at the Crossroads Apartments at 1109 Brown St., according to the City of Peekskill Fire Department. Arriving fire crews soon found smoke coming from the window of a fifth-floor apartment and quickly raced up to begin putting it out. Once they got to the floor of the fire, crews found that the hallway was filled with smoke and found an active blaze inside the apartment.…
Police & Fire
Gas Leak Forces Evacuation At Carmel Condo Complex
Several residents and firefighters were evaluated by first responders following a gas leak at a Hudson Valley condominium complex that forced an evacuation. The incident happened on Saturday, March 9 in Putnam County, when a gas leak was detected in a building at The Retreat at Carmel condominium complex, the Carmel Fire Department said on Wednesday, March 20. Arriving fire crews soon smelled a heavy odor of gas and began to evacuate the building. Firefighters were then able to find and isolate the leak, which was found to be coming from a stove on the second floor of the buildi…
Police & Fire
Massive Brush Fire: Busy Roadway In Hudson Valley To Remain Closed At Least 24 Hours
A busy roadway in the region will be closed for at least 24 more hours after a massive brush fire that drew responders from departments in four counties. In Rockland County, a stretch of Route 9W in Clarkstown will be closed until at least Sunday afternoon, April 16 "due to trees still falling and some rocks," the Clarkstown Police Department said late Saturday morning, April 15. It is closed at the Route 304 interchange in Congers and on the Haverstraw side at Route 9W by the rock cut. Just after 2 p.m. on Friday, April 14, responders rushed to Old Haverstraw Road in Congers fo…
News
Multiple Bomb Threats Reported At Yale Campus
Several buildings at Yale University in New Haven were evacuated after multiple bomb threats were reported on campus, officials announced. An alert sent out by the school said that the university has received calls about bombs being placed in multiple buildings on its New Haven campus. University Theatre, Jonathan Edwards College, the Yale Art Gallery, Vanderbilt Hall, Bingham Hall, Welch Hall, and Grace Hopper were all evacuated at approximately 2:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 5, and people have been advised to avoid those areas. Old Campus was temporarily blocked off to traffic and pedestrian…
Police & Fire
Residents Become Dizzy After Opening 'Suspicious' Package In Hudson Valley
Police are investigating after two people fell ill after opening a suspicious package. The incident took place in Rockland County around 11:20 p.m., Sunday, March 21. Suffern Police responded with the Suffern Fire Department and Ramapo Valley Ambulance Corps to Parkside Drive for a call of two residents experiencing dizziness after opening a suspicious package, said Suffern Police. The surrounding apartment units were temporarily evacuated while the situation was checked out by the fire department and the Rockland County Hazardous Materials team. The scene was deemed safe and reside…
Police & Fire
Carbon Monoxide Scare Leads To Evacuation Of Townhomes In Northern Westchester
A carbon monoxide scare led to the evacuation of several townhomes in Northern Westchester. First responders from the Chappaqua Fire Department responded to Chappaqua Crossing off Bedford Road shortly before 10 a.m. on Sunday, May 5, when a transformer exploded, causing high levels of carbon monoxide. According to officials from the Chappaqua Fire Department, upon arrival at the building, they found an electric vault smoking, and “extremely high levels of carbon monoxide” on the first floor with a “smoky haze and a strong odor of burning electric.” Wearing breathing protection,…
News
Worker At Corporate Park In Westchester Admits To String Of Bomb Threats Causing Evacuations
A 22-year-old man has admitted to calling in several false bomb threats to a busy Westchester corporate park that led to multiple evacuations. David Prieto of White Plains pleaded guilty to four counts of false reporting, all felonies, for making false bomb threats against a Greenburgh building at 660 White Plains Road between Sept. 13 and Sept. 19 last year, forcing its evacuation four times. Westchester County District Attorney Anthony Scarpino, Jr., said that Prieto was employed by his father’s construction business at the time of the phony threats. In each incident, the threat was…
Police & Fire
Sandy Hook Elementary Receives Bomb Threat On 6th Anniversary Of Massacre
Sandy Hook Elementary School students were sent home Friday morning after the school received a bomb threat on the sixth anniversary of a mass shooting that left 20 first-graders and six educators dead. School personnel reported the threat to Newtown Police around 9 a.m. Friday, said Lt. Aaron Bahamonde. Police went to Sandy Hook School to investigate the threat and it is currently being investigated by members of the Newtown Police Department, he said. "The school was safely and orderly evacuated for precautionary reasons and so that a thorough sweep of the school could be performed," Ba…
Police & Fire
Suspicious Message On Bathroom Stall Prompts School Evacuation In Area
A threat written on the wall of a bathroom stall led to the evacuation of a Rockland County middle school. South Orangetown Middle School, at 160 Van Wyck Road in Blauvelt, was evacuated around 9:30 a.m., Monday after staff were made aware of the message, said officials with the South Orangetown Superintendent's office. Police evacuated the building and brought in bomb-sniffing dogs from the Rockland County Sheriff's Office. The school was searched and deemed safe, with students and staff returning inside around 11 a.m. officials said. The threat was not directed at anyone or a specific gr…
Weather
Florence Now Likely To Soak Parts Of New York According To Latest Forecast Model
Click here for an updated story - Florence Hits East Coast: When Will It Affect The Area? The latest forecast models for Hurricane Florence indicate it is now likely to dump rain on parts of New York and Connecticut early next week. A powerful high-pressure ridge is expected to keep Florence south through the weekend after its expected landfall Friday morning in the Myrtle Beach/Wilmington areas of South and North Carolina. The latest forecast by the National Hurricane Center for rainfall from Florence predicts between 1 and 4 inches for New York and Connecticut. (See image above.) Any …
Weather
East Coast Braces For Massive Amounts Of Rain, Devastating Flooding From Florence
Click here for an updated story: Florence Now Likely To Soak Parts Of New York According To Latest Forecast Model With Hurricane Florence's outer bands now nearing the Carolina Coast, millions of people in several states are now bracing for a days-long stretch of massive amounts of rain, devastating flooding and 100-plus mile-per-hour winds that could knock out power to some for weeks. While the storm's winds have weakened since Wednesday, making it now a Category 2 storm, its range has grown and its damaging effects are now expected to be felt far inland and in several states beyond Nort…
Weather
Dramatic Change In Path Projected As Cat 4 Hurricane Florence Closes In On Coast
Click here for an updated story: East Coast Braces For Massive Amounts Of Rain, Devastating Flooding From Florence There has been a dramatic change in the projected path of the first hurricane of the season expected to make landfall on the United States. The latest tracks for Category 4 storm Florence, released early Wednesday morning, now have the storm staying farther south, following the European model. This means the storm will have less of an impact in northern North Carolina and southern Virginia and more of an impact on southern North Carolina, South Carolina and northern Georgia.…
Weather
Monster Storm Strengthens: Life-Threatening Hurricane Closes In On East Coast
Click here for an updated story: Dramatic Change In Path Projected As Cat 4 Hurricane Florence Closes In On Coast More than 1.5 million people have been ordered to evacuate along 300 miles of coastline from the Carolinas to Virginia as a monster and strengthening Category 4 storm is poised to become the first hurricane of the season to make landfall on the United States. Hurricane Florence is churning 800 miles off the coast with sustained winds 140 mile per hour winds early Tuesday event. It is now projected to make landfall in North Carolina in the Wilmington/Myrtle Beach area between …
Police & Fire
Medical Center In Area Evacuated After Threatening Text Message
An area medical center was evacuated after receiving a threatening text message. The threat to the business, the Open Door Medical Center at 165 Main Street in Ossining, came in around 2:45 p.m. Tuesday, the department said. The building has been evacuated and the area is being searched for suspicious items by the Westchester County Police Special Operations Division. Main Street is currently closed to traffic. This is a developing story. Check back to Daily Voice for updates.
Schools
Hudson Valley High School Evacuated Following Chemical Scare
Ramapo High School students and staff received a scare on Thursday, after a chemical substance being removed from the chemistry lab forced an evacuation. Officers from the Ramapo Police Department, local fire departments and a Rockland County Hazmat team were dispatched to the school on Thursday afternoon, when school officials called for an evacuation of the building due to the residue of an old chemical substance that was located when removing cabinets from the lab. Officials said that the evacuation came about when a teacher discovered unlabeled chemicals, which had become crystallized. …
Schools
Lakeland High School Evacuated After Threat Found In Bathroom
An area high school had to be evacuated on Thursday morning after a written threat was found in a bathroom. Lakeland High School was evacuated at approximately 11 a.m. on Thursday to allow officers from the Yorktown Police Department and a bomb squad to investigate a written “non-specific” threat that was found in a bathroom, school officials said. Officers from the Yorktown Police Department and Westchester County Bomb Squad responded to the school at approximately noon, with students and staff returning to the building shortly thereafter. School officials said that the Yorktown Police De…
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