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Off-Brand Rechargeable Battery Starts Blaze At Westchester Home Off-Brand Rechargeable Battery Starts Blaze At Westchester Home
Off-Brand Rechargeable Battery Starts Blaze At Westchester Home Fire officials are giving residents battery safety tips following a blaze at a Northern Westchester residence caused by an off-brand rechargeable product. The fire broke out on Wednesday, Jan. 24 around 3 p.m. at a residence in Somers on Wood Street, the Yorktown Heights Volunteer Fire Department announced on Saturday, Jan. 27.  According to the department, which provided mutual aid during the incident, a small fire broke out on the first floor of the residence but was quickly put out.  The cause of the blaze was later determined to be an off-brand rechargeable battery, fire…

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by Ben Crnic