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Christmas Eve Blaze: Firefighters Save Cats, Family Escapes At Southeast Home Christmas Eve Blaze: Firefighters Save Cats, Family Escapes At Southeast Home
Christmas Eve Blaze: Firefighters Save Cats, Family Escapes At Southeast Home A Hudson Valley family was forced from their home during a Christmas Eve blaze that prompted a multi-department response.  The fire broke out shortly after 6 p.m. in Putnam County on Tuesday, Dec. 24, at a residence located at 414 North Salem Rd. in Southeast, according to the Brewster Fire Department.  Crews arrived within six minutes to find the house, located approximately 500 feet from the road, fully engulfed in flames.  The family inside the home managed to evacuate before firefighters arrived, though one family member sustained minor burns, Brewster Second Assistant C…
Heating Malfunction Causes 130-Degree Temps In Croton-On-Hudson Home Heating Malfunction Causes 130-Degree Temps In Croton-On-Hudson Home
Heating Malfunction Causes 130-Degree Temps In Croton-On-Hudson Home Firefighters were called to a Northern Westchester home after a heating malfunction caused temperatures to rise to over 130 degrees inside the residence.  The incident happened on Saturday, Aug. 26 just before 10:30 p.m., when members of the Croton-on-Hudson Fire Department were called to a residence on the south end of the village for a reported odor of smoke. Arriving crews soon found that a heating equipment malfunction had caused temperatures in the home's upper levels to swell to over 130 degrees Fahrenheit.  Firefighters then remained at the residence for almost two hours i…
Four Flee Furious Fast-Moving Fire That Tore Through St. Mary's County Home Four Flee Furious Fast-Moving Fire That Tore Through St. Mary's County Home
Four Flee Furious Fast-Moving Fire That Tore Through St. Mary's County Home Four people were able to safely escape a St. Mary’s County home that went up in flames on Sunday morning, according to the Maryland State Fire Marshal. Members of the Seventh District Volunteer Fire Department were called to the 38000 block of Dickerson Road in Abell on Sunday, Jan. 8, when an occupant reported that a fire had broken out inside one of the bedrooms of the residence. Officials say that an occupant of the home discovered the fire in a bedroom, and was able to safely evacuate three others who were inside the home at the time the flames began spreading. Posted by Seventh D…
Fire Breaks Out At Condo Complex In Hudson Valley Fire Breaks Out At Condo Complex In Hudson Valley
Fire Breaks Out At Condo Complex In Hudson Valley A Hudson Valley home was left uninhabitable after a two-alarm kitchen fire broke out at an area condo complex. First responders in Dutchess County responded to the Envoy Plaza Condo Complex on Beechwood Avenue in Poughkeepsie shortly after 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 11, where there was a report of a kitchen fire that broke out. Crews from the Arlington and City of Poughkeepsie fire departments responded to the 911 call within minutes, with first responders reporting that there was fire visible in a window on the first floor, prompting a second alarm. The fire was contained in the kitchen a…
ID Released For Woman Killed In CT House Fire ID Released For Woman Killed In CT House Fire
ID Released For Woman Killed In CT House Fire A Connecticut woman killed in a single-family home fire has been identified by officials.  The fire, which took place on Elmfield Street home around 10 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 23 prompted the evacuation of three residents, and killed one, in West Hartford, according to the West Hartford Fire Department. The person killed, a resident of the home, was identified as Holly Baron, 60, said Deputy Fire Marshal Robert Grimaldi. When West Hartford firefighters responded to the scene they reported heavy fire from the front of the home, the department said. Baron was found during a search …
Rockland County Home Devoured By Quick-Moving Fire Rockland County Home Devoured By Quick-Moving Fire
Rockland County Home Devoured By Quick-Moving Fire A home in Rockland County was destroyed by fast-moving flames following an early morning fire. The fire took place on Monday, Dec. 21 at 267 Congers Road in New City, according to the New Fire Department. Firefighters responded to the fire after receiving multiple 911 calls regarding the fire at the two-story home. First arriving firefighters were met with heavy fire already showing out the front door and a side window.  "Our members quickly stretched a hose line to the front of the home as a search team attempted to make an entry," the department said. The occupants of the home wer…
Cause Of Massive Fire At Rachael Ray's Upstate NY Home Revealed As TV Host Reflects On Blaze Cause Of Massive Fire At Rachael Ray's Upstate NY Home Revealed As TV Host Reflects On Blaze
Cause Of Massive Fire At Rachael Ray's Upstate NY Home Revealed As TV Host Reflects On Blaze Authorities have revealed where the massive fire that broke out in the upstate New York home of TV host Rachael Ray began. The celebrity chef, her husband John Cusimano, her mother Elsa Scuderi, and the family’s dog, Bella Boo, were in their Lake Luzerne house, located in Warren County in the Adirondacks, on Sunday, Aug. 9, when the fire broke. It left the main house on the property with extensive damage. Ray had been taping her show from the home, located about 60 miles north of Albany, since April due to the COVID-19 outbreak with Cusimano producing and operating the camera. Crews f…