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Pair Of Mount Vernon Fires Displace 30 Pair Of Mount Vernon Fires Displace 30
Pair Of Mount Vernon Fires Displace 30 A pair of separate fires displaced a total of 30 Mount Vernon residents on Sunday. A blaze that broke out around 4 p.m. in a two-story home on Vernon Avenue took several hours to contain. The 12 residents of the structure escaped safely, but several minor injuries to firefighters were reported. Earlier Sunday, just a short distance away, a four-family structure on Haven Avenue was destroyed by a fire that left 18 homeless. The Red Cross is assisted those affected by both fires. Check back to Daily Voice for updates.

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Nine Suffer Injuries, 60 Displaced In Westchester Apartment Fire Nine Suffer Injuries, 60 Displaced In Westchester Apartment Fire
Nine Suffer Injuries, 60 Displaced In Westchester Apartment Fire More than 60 residents of a Mamaroneck apartment complex are without homes following a fire that sent nine people to the hospital for smoke inhalation, according to Town of Mamaroneck Fire Chief Paul Tortorella.The department received the call for a mattress fire around 4:12 a.m. Friday in a fourth-floor apartment at 3 Dillon Road, the chief said. By the time firefighters arrived the mattress and contents of the room were on fire, sending heavy smoke into the surrounding areas, including the hallways were other residents were evacuating, causing nine to suffer smoke inhalation, he said. All…

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by Kathy Reakes