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385 Families Left Without Hot Water, Cooking Gas After Leak At Westchester Apartment Complex 385 Families Left Without Hot Water, Cooking Gas After Leak At Westchester Apartment Complex
385 Families Left Without Hot Water, Cooking Gas After Leak At Westchester Apartment Complex Officials, housing authority staff, and business owners will be handing emergency supplies to hundreds of residents of a Westchester apartment complex left without cooking gas and hot water as a result of a leak.  The gas leaks were discovered by Con Edison on Wednesday, Aug. 28 in systems servicing the Palisade Towers apartment complex in Yonkers on Schroeder Street, Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano said on Thursday, Aug. 29.  As a result of the discovery, Con Edison cut gas service to the complex's 415 units as a precaution, forcing residents to lose cooking gas and hot water …

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by Ben Crnic
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Gas Leak Damages Westchester Home, Compromises Foundation Gas Leak Damages Westchester Home, Compromises Foundation
Gas Leak Damages Westchester Home, Compromises Foundation A home in Westchester was evacuated after firefighters discovered damage caused by a gas leak, officials said. The incident happened on Saturday, March 23, when damage was found at a home in Pelham Manor on Shore View Circle, according to village officials.  Firefighters soon responded to the residence and evacuated the home after detecting a strong gas odor. Crews also discovered that the residence's chimney was pulled away from the structure and that the foundation was compromised, officials said.   After the damage was found, Con Edison crews arrived to make repairs. …

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by Ben Crnic
Police & Fire
Gas Leak Forces Evacuation At Carmel Condo Complex Gas Leak Forces Evacuation At Carmel Condo Complex
Gas Leak Forces Evacuation At Carmel Condo Complex Several residents and firefighters were evaluated by first responders following a gas leak at a Hudson Valley condominium complex that forced an evacuation.  The incident happened on Saturday, March 9 in Putnam County, when a gas leak was detected in a building at The Retreat at Carmel condominium complex, the Carmel Fire Department said on Wednesday, March 20.  Arriving fire crews soon smelled a heavy odor of gas and began to evacuate the building. Firefighters were then able to find and isolate the leak, which was found to be coming from a stove on the second floor of the buildi…

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by Ben Crnic
Police & Fire
Gas Odor Forces Evacuation Of School In Northern Westchester Gas Odor Forces Evacuation Of School In Northern Westchester
Gas Odor Forces Evacuation Of School In Northern Westchester A school in Northern Westchester was evacuated after a staff member reported an odor of gas for the second time in two months.  Earlier Report - Firefighters Respond To Odor Of Gas At Elementary School In Armonk: Police On Wednesday, Jan. 11, around 10:30 a.m., a teacher at Wampus Elementary School in Armonk reported an odor of gas in the building, which was then reported to North Castle Police. After this, all students and staff at the school were evacuated while fire officials investigated the odor.  No gas leak was detected, prompting the school to return to a normal day…

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by Ben Crnic
Police & Fire
Gas Leak Causes Nausea, Odor At Shopping Plaza In Northern Westchester Gas Leak Causes Nausea, Odor At Shopping Plaza In Northern Westchester
Gas Leak Causes Nausea, Odor At Shopping Plaza In Northern Westchester An activated carbon monoxide alarm as well as reports of nausea and odor prompted a fire department to respond to a Northern Westchester shopping plaza for a gas leak.  On Monday, Dec. 12, around 4:15 p.m., firefighters responded to the ShopRite shopping center in Croton-on-Hudson located at 400 Block of South Riverside Avenue after a carbon monoxide detector went off, according to the Croton-on-Hudson Fire Department.  Once there, firefighters measured low levels of carbon monoxide and encountered one person who reported feeling nauseated. Additionally, as they checked sever…

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by Ben Crnic
Police & Fire
Mother, Son Escape After House Fire Breaks Out In Area Mother, Son Escape After House Fire Breaks Out In Area
Mother, Son Escape After House Fire Breaks Out In Area A mother and a son managed to escape an intense Hudson Valley house fire that was gas-fed. The fire took place around 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 2, at a two-family home located in Putnam County at 2592 Carmel Ave., in Brewster. According to the Brewster Fire Department, first arriving firefighters were given reports of a mother and son still trapped in the fully engulfed home.  Smoke from the gas-fed fire.Brewster Fire Department Firefighters made several attempts to enter the home to search for the trapped residents but were driven back by the intense fire, the department said.  A sho…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Paw-some: Dog On The Loose Sniffs Out Westchester Gas Leak Paw-some: Dog On The Loose Sniffs Out Westchester Gas Leak
Paw-some: Dog On The Loose Sniffs Out Westchester Gas Leak A dog on the loose in Westchester showed why the animal is “man’s best friend.” The Tuckahoe Police Department received a call at approximately 3:45 on Wednesday, Feb. 6, of a loose, barking dog on Fairview Avenue. Officers responded to the scene and were able to return the dog, Sadie, to her home, when they noticed a rear sliding glass door was open and the fence was broken. Police said that initially, it appeared Sadie was simply being fussy; however, as officers were walking along the perimeter of the house, they smelled gas coming from an open basement window. Crews from the Eastcheste…

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by Zak Failla