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Mount Pleasant, NY
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Car Crashes Through Storefront At CVS In Northern Westchester
A car accidentally crashed into a CVS in Northern Westchester, leading to the temporary closure of the store. No injuries were reported in the incident, which occurred Wednesday night, April 17 at the location in Somers, the Somers Volunteer Fire Department said. Somers FD Car 2441 and 2442 quickly responded after the vehicle went through the front vestibule of the location, according to the Somers Volunteer Fire Department. Somers Volunteer Fire officers coordinated with the Somers Building Inspector to make sure the building was safe for people to be inside. The store remain…
Somers, NY
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Pair Of Chimney Fires Break Out In Somers
With Santa Claus preparing to come to town, the Somers Volunteer Fire Department is urging area residents to clean their chimneys following a pair of recent fires that broke out. Crews from the Somers Volunteer Fire Department were dispatched to a pair of chimney fires on Sunday, Nov. 18. The two fires were reported within a few hours of each other, and investigation into each determined that the cause of the flames was creosote build up in the chimney. Firefighters worked quickly to extinguish both chimney fires, and no structural damage or injuries were reported. In a post on Facebook, th…
Briarcliff, NY
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Wake Scheduled For Man Killed In Northern Westchester House Fire
A 53-year-old man killed in a fire at his Northern Westchester will be remembered during a visitation on Monday, July 9. Frank Fonte was found unconscious around 5 p.m. Sunday by Yorktown Heights firefighters and was pronounced dead a short time later at his home at 1789 Baldwin Road. Yorktown Police could not confirm the identity until they receive forensic verification and await investigation results, but services have been scheduled for Fonte. Fonte, who was the sole occupant in the house at the time of the fire, will be remembered from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. July 9 at Clark Funeral Home, 210…
Mount Pleasant, NY
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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…
Mount Pleasant, NY
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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…
