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Fire Leaves Several Families Displaced, Damages Bakery In Northern Westchester Fire Leaves Several Families Displaced, Damages Bakery In Northern Westchester
Fire Leaves Several Families Displaced, Damages Bakery In Northern Westchester Several families were left homeless following a fire at a three-story home in Northern Westchester.The fire started around 6:15 p.m. Sunday at 1049 Main St., in Peekskill, according to the Peekskill Fire Department. Arriving firefighters found heavy fire on the third floor, the fire department said. Several additional fire departments were called in to help bring the fire under control within an hour of arrival, the department said. The building, which contained several apartments, and a bakery was heavily damaged.  At least 12 people were left displaced, Red Cross official…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Search Resumes For Dad, Son Who Went Missing While Rafting In Hudson Valley Search Resumes For Dad, Son Who Went Missing While Rafting In Hudson Valley
Search Resumes For Dad, Son Who Went Missing While Rafting In Hudson Valley Click here for an updated story: IDs Released As Bodies Of Father, Son Who Went Missing While Rafting Located The search for a father and son who went missing while rafting in a river in the Hudson Valley has now entered its third day. The raft of the 9-year-old boy and 46-year-old father overturned in the Neversink River near the Oakland Valley Campground in Orange County on Saturday morning, Aug. 18, state police said. The Neversink River is located north of I-84 and west of Route 17. The incident occurred around 10:30 a.m. with state police and numerous area fire rescue squads immediat…

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Four Hospitalized, 40 Displaced In Three-Alarm Westchester Fire Four Hospitalized, 40 Displaced In Three-Alarm Westchester Fire
Four Hospitalized, 40 Displaced In Three-Alarm Westchester Fire Four people have been hospitalized and nine families with a total of 40 persons have been displaced after a three-alarm fire broke out in a four-story apartment building in Yonkers. The blaze at 221 Nepperhan Ave. was reported at 3:15 a.m. Saturday. The four people -- all civilians -- were taken to St Joes Hospital for smoke inhalation, said Thomas Fitzpatrick of the Yonkers Fire Department. The Office of Emergency Management and Red Cross are on the scene for assistance.  The nine families needing relocation have gathered at the Nodine Hill Community Center, Fitzpatrick said. This is a …

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Driver, Residents Injured As Pickup Truck Slams Into Danbury House Driver, Residents Injured As Pickup Truck Slams Into Danbury House
Driver, Residents Injured As Pickup Truck Slams Into Danbury House Three people were hospitalized after a pickup truck slammed into a house in Danbury early Saturday morning, according to James Gagliardo of the Danbury Fire Department. Just before 4 a.m. Saturday, the Danbury Fire Department was dispatched to the area of West Wooster Street and Garfield Avenue by Western Connecticut 911 along with City of Danbury EMS and the Police Department for a report of a vehicle into a house with possible entrapment. Upon arrival, firefighters encountered a Ford pickup truck that had careened into a house injuring the driver and two occupants, Gagliardo said. All of …

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Pair Of Westchester Fires Displace 30 Pair Of Westchester Fires Displace 30
Pair Of Westchester 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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by Daily Voice
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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