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Hudson Valley Family Displaced By Fire, Firefighter Injured Hudson Valley Family Displaced By Fire, Firefighter Injured
Hudson Valley Family Displaced By Fire, Firefighter Injured A Hudson Valley family was displaced after a fire ripped through the home, traveling through the heating duct system. The incident occurred at 60 Gove St. in the City of Newburgh at 10:45 a.m. on Thursday, December 12. According to Mike Neppl, chief of staff for the City of Newburgh, the seat of the fire was located in the basement of the home, with fire traveling in the heating system ductwork to the upper floors. The fire was put out by 11 a.m. Neppl said one firefighter was struck by debris when the first-floor ceiling failed. He was transported to St. Luke’s Hospital, where he was trea…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Poughkeepsie Fire Department Responds To Two Fires In One Morning Poughkeepsie Fire Department Responds To Two Fires In One Morning
Poughkeepsie Fire Department Responds To Two Fires In One Morning Poughkeepsie firefighters were on the run Thursday morning tackling two fires within hours of each other. The first fire took place around 6:16 a.m. at 333 Mansion St., when a pile of clothes on the second floor of the home that was supposed to be vacant and off-limit following a fire at the same location on Saturday, said City of Poughkeepsie Fire Chief Mark Johnson. Johnson said the fire, which was extinguished quickly, was caused by clothes that were not in the home on Saturday when a large refrigerator fire on the third-floor made the home inhabitable and left some 21 people displa…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Arlington House Fire Displaces Five Arlington House Fire Displaces Five
Arlington House Fire Displaces Five Five people were displaced from their home following a basement fire. The Arlington Fire District responded to 14 Gentry Bend Road for a reported basement fire around 10:43 p.m. Thursday, Arlington Chief Tory Gallante. The first fire department unit arrived on the scene within minutes five minutes of the initial dispatch and encountered a heavy smoke condition inside the single-family home, he added. Five residents were inside the structure at the time of the fire and safely self-evacuated before the fire department arrived. The sleeping family had been altered to the fire by working smoke…

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by Kathy Reakes