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Police & Fire
Lithium Ion Batteries Cause 2 Fires At Westchester Residences
Firefighters rushed to two Northern Westchester homes after devices containing lithium-ion batteries went up in flames. One of the incidents happened at a Somers residence on Wednesday, Aug. 21, when the battery inside a child-sized all-terrain vehicle went into thermal runway at around 1:30 a.m., spewing smoke, sparks, toxic gas, and debris, according to the Westchester County Department of Emergency Services. The family was soon awakened by smoke detectors, DES officials said, adding that hazmat team members arrived to safely dispose of the battery. The second fire…
Police & Fire
Lithium Ion Battery Causes Garbage Truck Blaze In Westchester
A garbage truck in Westchester was damaged after a lithium-ion battery sparked a fire inside, setting its load of trash ablaze. The incident happened on Wednesday, Aug. 21 just after 8 a.m., when a garbage truck was reported to be on fire on Gilbert Place in Port Chester, according to the village's fire department. Arriving crews found that Public Works employees had already dumped the burning trash load in the street before it caught the rest of the truck on fire. Firefighters then stretched a hose to extinguish the flames in both the garbage pile and the truck, soon putting th…
Police & Fire
Scooter's Lithium-Ion Battery Prompts Hazmat Response At Westchester Home
A set of lithium-ion batteries inside an electric scooter sparked a flash fire that broke windows and blew garage doors off their tracks at a Northern Westchester home. The blaze happened on Monday, July 8 just before 9 p.m. at a residence in Somers on Weeks Court, the Somers Volunteer Fire Department announced on Thursday, July 11. According to the fire department, arriving crews found a scooter on fire in the home's garage and took it outside. They then evacuated the residence and began to cool down the scooter's lithium-ion batteries. Firefighters soon went back inside and f…
Police & Fire
Smoking Lithium Ion Battery Prompts Hazmat Response At Residence In Westchester
Emergency crews raced to a Northern Westchester residence after a smoking lithium-ion battery was found inside. The incident happened on Thursday, May 23 around 6:30 p.m., when a smoking lithium-ion battery was found at a Somers home on Loomis Drive. According to the Somers Volunteer Fire Department, crews responded within minutes and called the Westchester County Department of Emergency Services Hazardous Materials Team to help deal with the battery. Once the hazmat team arrived, they suited up and were able to successfully dispose of the battery, fire officials said.&nbs…
Police & Fire
Spilled Mercury From Antique Clock Causes Hazmat Cleanup In Westchester
Emergency cleanup crews were called into action after a large amount of mercury spilled from an antique clock in Westchester, creating a hazardous situation. The incident happened on Monday, Aug. 14 just after 12:30 p.m., when the Larchmont Fire Department responded to an undisclosed location in the village for a reported hazardous materials leak. According to the department, an investigation determined that a "significant quantity" of mercury had accidentally been spilled from an antique clock. After this discovery, a perimeter was created to make sure no one entered the…
Police & Fire
Hazardous Materials Found Inside Burning Home In Westchester
While fighting a blaze at a Northern Westchester residence, firefighters had to quickly evacuate the building after finding hazardous materials inside. The fire happened on Sunday, Aug. 13 around 8:15 a.m., when firefighters from numerous departments responded to a home in Pound Ridge on Salem Road (Route 124) that had ignited. According to the Bedford Hills Fire Department, arriving crews found heavy flames coming out of the two-story wood-frame building. Soon, a total of five tankers were requested to the scene to help with the effort. While the fight to put out the fla…
Police & Fire
Battery-Powered Children's Car Starts Fire At Westchester Home
A residence in Northern Westchester was damaged when a children's battery-powered car erupted into flames in the home's garage, prompting a response by a hazmat team. The incident happened on Friday, June 30 just before 7 a.m., when firefighters in Croton-on-Hudson were sent to a home on Hixson Road that was filling with smoke. According to the department, crews arrived and found that a battery-powered children's car had caught fire in the garage, but had been extinguished by the homeowner before firefighters arrived. Firefighters then checked the home for any more signs …
Police & Fire
Tanker With Thousands Of Gallons Of Tar Crashes In Hudson Valley
A sticky situation was averted when a tanker truck carrying 8,000 gallons of tar overturned on a Hudson Valley roadway. Emergency crews in Ulster County were called just after 8 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 8, with reports of an overturned semi-truck with a tanker trailer in the Town of Esopus, at the intersection of Old Post Road and Maple Street. By the time deputies arrived the truck driver, identified as a 58-year-old man from Freehold in Greene County, had extricated himself from the cab, the Ulster County Sheriff’s Office said. He was treated by medics at the scene before being transported b…
Schools
Hudson Valley HS To Go Remote For Months
A Hudson Valley high school will be transitioning to its remote learning model for several months due to hazardous materials inside the building. In Rockland County, Clarence Ellis, the Superintendent of Schools for the East Ramapo Central School District announced that the Spring Valley High School will be going remote through January after conducting hazardous materials and air quality testing. Local testing consultant Quality Environmental Solutions & Technologies Inc. was brought in to test the building on Tuesday, Oct. 12, with the results on Thursday, Oct. 14 reporting the presenc…
Police & Fire
High School In Hudson Valley Closed Due To Suspicion Of Hazardous Materials
Hazardous materials in classrooms inside a Hudson Valley high school forced officials to shutter the doors of the building and transition students to remote learning. In Rockland County, Spring Valley Schools Superintendent Clarence Ellis issued an alert to the community advising that the district was notified of suspicion of hazardous materials in specific classrooms at the high school, prompting the closure. The district received notification of the situation late on Tuesday, Oct. 12, and posted a notice at approximately 8 p.m. after phone calls were sent to alert parents. In response, …
Police & Fire
Police Officer Rushed To Hospital After Incident In Yonkers
A police officer was rushed to the hospital early in the morning after suffering a medical event. The officer, who is assigned to the Yonkers Police Department's 3rd Precinct, was transported to a local area hospital on Monday, June 17 and is currently in stable condition, said Yonkers Police Det. Sgt. Dean Politopoulos said. "The incident is under investigation," Politopoulos said. "Out of an abundance of caution, hazardous materials crews responded to ensure the safety of our members and the public; preliminary results indicate there were no hazardous materials found, and there …
Police & Fire
Fire Destroys One School Bus, Damages Others In Westchester
A bus was destroyed and two others damaged when a two-alarm fire ripped through a bus storage and repair garage in Yorktown Heights. The fire was reported at 5:09 p.m. Wednesday at the Baumann & Sons Bus Corporation at 1701 Front St., according to the Yorktown Heights Volunteer Fire Department. In addition to damaging the buses, the fire also damaged part of the repair area of the garage and the structure sustained heavy damage as a result of the fire, the fire department reported. During the height of the fire, firefighters were able to mitigate any fuel or hazardous fluids leakage w…
Police & Fire
Tanker Fire Causes Route 22 Closure
Route 22 is shut down in both directions Saturday night in the Town of Amenia between the Amenia Town Hall and the intersection of Route 343 following a tanker fire, the Dutchess County Sheriff’s Office reports just before 9:30 p.m. Traffic can still travel west on Route 44 towards Millbrook and east on Route 343 towards Connecticut. The road closure is due to the brakes on a loaded gasoline tanker catching fire and disabling the vehicle. The tank has not been compromised and there has been no release of hazardous materials. The Amenia and Wassaic Fire Departments extinguished the fire …
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