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Yorktown, NY
Police & Fire
11 Residents Of Senior Living Complex In Hospital After Fire In Yorktown
A fire at a senior living complex in Northern Westchester sent 11 residents to a hospital and has displaced those living on an entire floor of a building, fire officials said. The fire happened on Wednesday, Dec. 28 around 12:30 p.m., when firefighters in Yorktown were sent to the Beaver Ridge Apartments located at 1965 Allan Ave. after smoke was reported in the C building, according to Yorktown Heights Fire Department Chief Timothy Mentrasti. After entering the building, firefighters discovered smoke in the common hallway of the C wing, which was isolated from the rest of …
Massapequa, NY
Police & Fire
Woman Dies After Seaford Home Becomes Engulfed By Flames
One woman was killed and another injured during a roaring house fire on Long Island, in which a fire chief was also burned. The blaze broke out in Seaford around 6:15 a.m., Tuesday, Dec. 6 at 2464 Riverside Ave. The first arriving fire chiefs from the Wantagh Fire Department found heavy fire on the second floor of the home, said Nassau County Assistant Chief Fire Marshal James Hickman. The chiefs found one woman dead on the second floor and rescued another, Hickman said. While making the rescue, one of the chiefs also was burned, he added. The injured were taken to Nassa…
Brookfield, CT
Police & Fire
Off-Duty Firefighter Rescues Woman From Burning Car In Brookfield
An off-duty firefighter saved a woman from a burning vehicle involved in a crash in Fairfield County over the weekend. The incident took place in Brookfield around 3:15 a.m., Saturday, Nov. 26, on Route 7 northbound in the area of the Junction Road overpass. Brookfield Volunteer firefighters and EMS were dispatched for a single-car accident with fire and entrapment, the department said on Facebook. Paramedic Ambulance 18-1 was returning from Danbury Hospital from a medical call and was on the scene within one minute. Upon arrival, it found a car on fire with a bystander removing the injure…
Arlington, VA
Police & Fire
Video
: DC Firefighters Rescue Residents From Two-Alarm Apartment Fire
Firefighters were captured on video bringing several residents to safety as heavy smoke traveled through an apartment building in Northwest DC on Tuesday, Nov. 15. Crews were called just before noon to the multi-story building on the 700 block of 24th Street, where several senior citizens live, according to DC Fire and EMS. The fire was quickly extinguished, and videos posted to the department's Twitter page showed firefighters safely pulling the residents out of the window and carrying them down to safety on a ladder. Update 2 Alarm fire 700 block 24th St NW. Fire has been knocked dow…
Dorchester, MA
Police & Fire
Neighbor Rescues Mother, Children From 3-Alarm Boston Fire That Displaced 9
A heroic neighbor helped save a mother and her two children who were trapped inside a burning Boston home that was destroyed by at three-alarm fire, authorities said. The fire started at 10-12 Delford Street in Roslindale around 12:10 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 3, Boston Fire said on Twitter. Responding crews found people were trapped inside the two-story building, that was quickly going up in flames. At approximately 12:10 heavy fire from 2 1/2 story occupied building building this is now a 3rd alarm all companies are working pic.twitter.com/EqDNixc0Yt — Boston Fire Dept. (@BostonFire) …
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
News
Hero
: Passing EMS Veteran Pulls Driver From Burning Sedan After Garden State Parkway Crash
A driver whose car burst into flames during an overnight crash on the Garden State Parkway was rescued by a retired EMS veteran who rushed to his aid. Tito Jackson pretty much saved the young man's life, said one of the New Jersey State Police troopers who responded to the crash near the southbound tolls in Saddle Brook shortly before 2 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 1. Some may remember Jackson, a former Bogota mayor who has decades of EMS experience. "The car left the roadway pretty much right in front of us and hit the sound barrier," Jackson told Daily Voice shortly after the crash. "The flames…
Gaithersburg, MD
Police & Fire
Elderly Man Dies Following Fiery Crash Into Gaithersburg Home
Additional details have been released in connection to a fiery car crash into a townhome in Gaithersburg, authorities say. The driver of the vehicle, identified as an elderly Gaithersburg man, has died from his injuries sustained in the crash in the 400 block of Orchard Ridge Drive, according to a spokesperson for Montgomery County Fire and Rescue. Update - Gaithersburg man, driver of car, has died of injuries, based on origin & cause examination, @mcfrs Fire/Explosive Investigators believe fire began in vehicle engine compartment before spreading to house; 6 adults displaced; 2 peo…
Brentwood, NY
Police & Fire
19-Year-Old Woman, Three Dogs Rescued From Islip Terrace House Fire
Firefighters rescued a 19-year-old woman and three dogs from a burning house on Long Island. Multiple fire departments responded to the fire that broke out at a home on Cleveland Street in Islip Terrace on the morning of Sunday, July 17, according to the Suffolk County Police Department. Police said off-duty SCPD officer Jared Gunst, who is a first assistant chief with the Islip Fire Department, responded to the home at about 11 a.m. and was informed that there was a woman and three dogs inside. When he entered the home, the woman called 911 and reported that she was trapped in the basemen…
Elkton, MD
Police & Fire
Two Cats Killed In Maryland House Fire Sparked By Discarded Smoking Material
Fast-acting Maryland State Police troopers were able to come to the aid of a family of three when an accidental fire broke out, though a pair of pets perished in the blaze, according to the state’s fire marshal. Two troopers on routine patrol in Allegany County spotted a fire in the rear of a National Highway home in LaVale shortly after 4 a.m. on Friday, July 15, prompting them to jump into action. Officials said that the troopers were able to make made entry at the front of the house and located three residents asleep upstairs. The troopers were able to stir the residents and escorted t…
Alexandria, VA
Police & Fire
Video Shows Firefighters Rescuing Adult, Child Trapped In Burning DC Building
D.C. firefighters saved an adult and child trapped in a burning building on July 9, officials said. Video footage showed firefighters in the 2800 block Gainesville Street using an aerial ladder to quickly remove the individuals from the building, D.C. Fire and EMS reported. On Sat. afternoon 7/9 #DCsBravest battled an apartment fire in the 2800 block Gainesville St NE. Firefighters from Truck 17 rescued a child and adult using both the aerial and portable ladders. Both were uninjured due to these swift actions. pic.twitter.com/DuDJO8GNA8 — DC Fire and EMS (@dcfireems) July 10, 2022 Bot…
Bristol, PA
Police & Fire
Good Samaritans Rescue Pair From Burning House In Bucks County: Report
Two people were rescued from a Bucks County home that went up in flames Saturday, July 9, WFMZ reports. A passing driver sprung into action when he spotted the burning house in Nockamixon Township, the outlet says. More than a dozen fire departments flocked to the home on the 8000 block of Easton Road just before 1 p.m. to fight the blaze, local fire companies said. He brought a ladder, but due to the smoke, only one of the trapped occupants could use it. He told the other to jump and caught her safely, according to the outlet. Crews were on scene for nearly three hours extinguishing …
Ashburn, VA
Police & Fire
Responders Rescue Teens From Burning Car Crash In Leesburg
A teenage driver and passengre had to be rescued from a burning car after crashing early Saturday morning, June 11. Leesburg police say officers are investigating the circumstances around a single-vehicle crash that happened just before 3:30 a.m. on East Market Street near Battlefield Parkway. When officers arrived, they found a 2020 Dodge Challenger engulfed in flames with two teenagers trapped inside. Responders cut them from the burning wreckage and rushed them to a hospital with life-threatening injuries, authorities said. Leesburg police ask anyone with information about th…
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