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Police & Fire
Home Catches Fire After Lightning Strike In Putnam
A house struck by lightning in Putnam County during a thunderstorm on Wednesday was saved by firefighters with the Putnam Valley Volunteer Fire Department. The storm, which occurred around 4:30 p.m., sent lighting flying into the side of a home on Old Stone House Road in Putnam Valley, the fire department said on Facebook. Flames burned the side of the house, but firefighters were able to extinguish them within minutes, they added. In addition to the house fire, the department also responded to a transformer fire, wires down on Kramers Pond Road during the earlier storm, an automatic fire…
Police & Fire
Man Killed In Two-Alarm Northern Westchester House Fire
Click here for an updated story: Wake Scheduled For Man Killed In Northern Westchester House Fire A 53-year-old man was killed after a two-alarm fire broke out Sunday at a home in Northern Westchester. The blaze, on the 1700 block of Baldwin Road just east of the Taconic State Parkway in Yorktown Heights, began just before 5 p.m., with the home quickly fully engulfed in flames. The man was the lone occupant in the house, Yorktown Police said. He was unconscious when firefighters arrived. After he was removed from the home, it was apparent he was deceased, Yorktown Police said. More tha…
Police & Fire
Three-Alarm Townhouse Fire Spreads Quickly In Danbury
A three-alarm fire spread to four townhouse units in short time early Friday morning in Danbury. Danbury Fire units were alerted by 911 around 6:40 a.m. Friday of a reported fire in a townhouse at 120 Triangle Street, said James Gagliardo, communication coordinator for the department. While responding units reported a column of smoke visible from White Street. Deputy Chief Bernie Meehan was first on scene and confirmed a working fire with a heavy volume of smoke and fire showing from the rear of the condo, Gagliardo said. The incident was quickly escalated to a three-alarm fire which brou…
Police & Fire
Brush Fire Breaks Out At Kensico Reservoir Peninsula
A brush fire broke out at the Kensico Reservoir peninsula on Monday afternoon, prompting a heavy response from first responders as temperatures topped 90 degrees in the Hudson Valley. First responders were dispatched to the area shortly before 3:45 p.m. on Monday afternoon, just off of Route 120 in Armonk. Local residents reported seeing police cars, fire trucks and helicopters in the area, battling the brush fire. Officials said the fire reached a span of approximately 30 feet by 30 feet. The helicopter made several water dumps on the blaze, and fire crews from North Castle, Thornwood and …
Police & Fire
Mahopac Brush Fire Sandwiched On Tree Line Threatens Home
Mahopac firefighters spent several hours battling a fire located behind a home on Shinaya Court located near a heavily wooded tree line. The call for the fire came in around 3 p.m. Wednesday with the department responding within minutes, Chief Bill Nikisher was quick to call for reinforcements. Mahopac firefighters tried to sandwich the fire between the trucks but the tree line proved too dense and a mutual aid call was put out for Battalion 16 and Mahopac Falls to roll out with a brush truck and tanker. Firefighters had to work the fire from both Shinya Court and Eleanor Drive, officials s…
Police & Fire
Brush Fire Burns 20 Acres In Arlington
One firefighter was slightly injured and more than 30 firefighters battled a brush fire that burned more than 20 acres near Van Wagner Road in the Town of Poughkeepsie, according to Arlington Fire Chief Tory Gallante. Arlington firefighters responded to the fire around 5 p.m. Saturday for a report of black smoke from the woods behind the home at 342 Van Wagner Road, Gallante said. The first fire department unit arrived on the scene within five minutes of the initial call and found about 10 acres on fire, which with the wind, grew to about 15 to 20 acres. To help access the difficult terrai…
Police & Fire
Neighbor Credited For His Role In Knocking Down Danbury House Fire
A local health department official is being credited for his role in knocking down a house fire at a neighboring home in Danbury on Friday night. Units were dispatched to a reported fire on Jefferson Avenue, upon arrival units saw smoke coming from the rear porch, said James Gagliardo, public information officer for the Danbury Fire Department. Moments earlier, Joe Mead, an official with the Danbury Health Department who lives across the street, heard someone banging on a door, Gagliardo said. When he looked outside he was told the rear porch was on fire. Mead then rushed to grab a 5-gall…
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Brush Fire Off Saw Mill Parkway Takes Hours To Contain
A multi-acre brush fire that broke out Saturday afternoon off of the Saw Mill River Parkway in Chappaqua took nearly four hours to contain. Nearly a dozen local fire departments joined the Chappaqua Fire Department in responding after the blaze broke out at around 3 p.m. in the area on the hillside along the parkway behind Spring Lane. Millwood FD Tanker 15 responded with Bedford Hills Fire Department Tanker 5 and Somers Volunteer Fire Department Tanker 16 to supply water to attack the growing brush fire from the highway. Thirty minutes later, Millwood FD Engine 247 was requested to respo…
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Westchester Native ID'd As Victim Of Four-Alarm Fire At Trump Tower
The man who was killed when a raging fire broke out in his apartment on the 50th floor of Trump Tower in midtown Manhattan early Saturday evening has been identified as a Westchester native. The blaze, which was upgraded from three alarms to four alarms, erupted at the 58-story, 664-foot high mixed-use skyscraper on Fifth Avenue near West 56th Street just before 6 p.m. Firefighters found the man, identified as 67-year-old Todd Brassner, unconscious and unresponsive when they entered the apartment. "The apartment was entirely on fire," FDNY Commissioner Daniel Nigro said. "M…
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Quick Work Of Firefighters Saves South Salem Home
Quick action by firefighters from the Vista and South Salem fire departments saved a family's home following a basement fire. The fire started around 8:15 p.m. Tuesday at 87 East St., in South Salem, according to Vista Fire Chief Jeff Peck. Once on scene, firefighters found smoke showing from inside the home and quickly determined the fire was coming from the basement. After running hoses, firefighters were able to knock down the fire within minutes, Peck said. Once the fire was out, Vista and South Salem firefighters conducted ventilation and overhaul operations while checking for extens…
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Video: Car Fire Breaks Out On Route 6 In Putnam
A busy Putnam County intersection was temporarily shut down on Thursday night as firefighters battled a blaze that broke out in a car. Firefighters from the Brewster Fire Department were dispatched to Route 6 at the intersection of Simpson Road in Brewster at approximately 10 a.m. on Friday night, where there was a car fully engulfed in flames. Crews quickly went to work, knocking down the flames and dousing the destroyed car with water before clearing the scene. Route 6 was shut down for approximately 30 minutes as the fire was extinguished. The cause of the fire has not been released. No…
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Mahopac Falls Firefighters Save Family's Home
A Mahopac Falls family were able to stay in their home following a fire Tuesday thanks to the quick work of firefighters. The fire, at 85 Concord Drive, started around 1:30 p.m. on the outside of the home, said officials with the Mahopac Falls Fire Department. When Mahopac Falls firefighters arrived on scene they found low-hanging electrical wires as well as a downed tree. To help douse the flames until the electric company truck could arrive, hose lines were laid to the scene several hundred feet away. The fire was quickly knocked down allowing the homeowners, who had watched the action …
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