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Injured Hiker Rescued From Wooded Preserve In Northern Westchester Injured Hiker Rescued From Wooded Preserve In Northern Westchester
Injured Hiker Rescued From Wooded Preserve In Northern Westchester After becoming injured miles-deep in the woods at a nature preserve in Northern Westchester, a hiker had to be rescued by first responders.  The rescue happened on Sunday, Aug. 20 around 10:45 a.m., when the Banksville Fire Department received a report of an injured hiker at the Mianus River Gorge Preserve in Bedford.  According to the department, the hiker was around two miles deep into the forest and was unable to leave the preserve without help from first responders.  Minutes later, fire crews arrived at the preserve and used all-terrain vehicles to help get the hiker out…

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by Ben Crnic
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Electrical Fire Breaks Out At Chappaqua Home, Prompting Call For Water Tanker Electrical Fire Breaks Out At Chappaqua Home, Prompting Call For Water Tanker
Electrical Fire Breaks Out At Chappaqua Home, Prompting Call For Water Tanker Members of local fire department had to get creative over the weekend to extinguish an electrical fire that sparked in the walls of a garage. Late on Saturday afternoon, a water tanker from Millwood was dispatched to a Frog Rock Road home in the Chappaqua Fire Department’s district, where there was a report of smoke in a structure, though there were no fire hydrants in the area to help crews. Officials said that fire chiefs from the Chappaqua Fire Department were able to quickly identify the source of the smoke and fire, which was sparked from an electrical panel in the garage. The tanker a…

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by Zak Failla