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Fire Breaks Out At Home In Northern Westchester Fire Breaks Out At Home In Northern Westchester
Fire Breaks Out At Home In Northern Westchester A home was damaged by a gas grill fire in Northern Westchester. The blaze broke out around 7:51 p.m., Tuesday, May 11, on Hayes Drive in Yorktown Heights. When firefighters arrived on the scene they found a grill on fire next to a structure, the Yorktown Volunteer Fire Department said. A neighbor who is an off-duty firefighter was able to knock down the main body of fire utilizing a dry chemical fire extinguisher and pull the grill away from the structure prior to the fire department's arrival. The damage to the home.Yorktown Heights Fire Department Yorktown Heights firefighters secur…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Off-Duty Westchester Firefighter Attacked By Group Following Road-Rage Incident Off-Duty Westchester Firefighter Attacked By Group Following Road-Rage Incident
Off-Duty Westchester Firefighter Attacked By Group Following Road-Rage Incident This story has been updated. An off-duty firefighter was injured during an attack by a group of people with bricks overnight in Westchester. Yonkers police are still piecing together the attack that took place around 3:14 a.m., Friday, May 17 on McLean Avenue at Radford Street, said Yonkers Police Spokesman Det. Sgt. Dean Politopoulos.  According to police, the 30-year-old off-duty firefighter was found by Yonkers police with several lacerations to his head and body following an attack by several people subsequent to a potential road-rage incident that may have begun on the Saw Mill P…

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by Kathy Reakes