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New Update: 15 Injured, Several Critical Following Gas Line Explosion In Hudson Valley New Update: 15 Injured, Several Critical Following Gas Line Explosion In Hudson Valley
New Update: 15 Injured, Several Critical Following Gas Line Explosion In Hudson Valley A day after a gas explosion leveled a Hudson Valley home details are emerging including the number of injured. The horrific incident took place in Dutchess County around 12:15 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 2 in Wappingers Falls in the area of Brick Row off of Mill Street. Gas Explosion Collapses Home In Wappingers Falls; Around A Dozen Injuries - Developing Officials with Central Hudson Gas & Electric said that a contractor struck a 3/4-inch gas line causing a fire and explosion. When the village of Wappingers Falls Police arrived on the scene they found two children and a mother with seve…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Man Struck, Killed By Car In Hudson Valley Man Struck, Killed By Car In Hudson Valley
Man Struck, Killed By Car In Hudson Valley A man was hit and killed by a vehicle while crossing a busy roadway in the Hudson Valley. The incident took place in Dutchess County around 10 p.m., Saturday,  June 18 in Wappingers Falls on South Avenue near West Academy Street. The responding officers found Robert English, age 44, of Wappingers Falls, critically injured in the roadway, said Commissioner Charles Ferry, of the Wappingers Falls Police Department. English was transported to the MidHudson Regional Medical Center by Mobile Life where he was pronounced dead, Ferry said. The driver of the vehicle was uninjured and no…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Two-Alarm Wappingers Falls Fire Heavily Damages Home Two-Alarm Wappingers Falls Fire Heavily Damages Home
Two-Alarm Wappingers Falls Fire Heavily Damages Home A home in the Village of Wappingers Falls was devastated by a two-alarm fire, according to fire officials. The fire, which started around 9:27 a.m. at 21 N. Gilmore Blvd., moved quickly but was extinguished by 10 a.m. by members of the Wappingers Falls, Hughsonville, New Hackensack fire departments.  Red Cross officials have been called to the home to assist displaced residents. No one was injured.

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by Kathy Reakes