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Mount Vernon, NY
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New Update: ID Released For Man Killed After Fire Breaks Out At Mount Vernon Residence
This story has been updated. A man was found dead during a search of a Westchester residence that went up in flames, officials announced. The incident began on Saturday, March 16 just before 9:30 a.m., when a blaze ignited at a Mount Vernon residence at 449 South Third Ave. Firefighters soon arrived at the scene and began battling the blaze, finding heavy flames coming from the residence's first floor, according to Mount Vernon Mayor Shawyn Patterson-Howard. Because of the intense flames, it was difficult for crews to thoroughly search the building. During a secon…
Cortlandt, NY
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'Startled' Cat Rescued From Apartment After Oven Sparks Blaze In Croton
A cat was rescued and returned to its owners by firefighters after an oven sparked a fire inside a Northern Westchester apartment. The blaze began just before 4:30 a.m. on Wednesday, March 6 at an apartment building on Sunset Trail in Croton-on-Hudson, according to the village's fire department. Arriving crews found smoke coming from the building's ground floor and the floor above before forcing their way into a lower-level apartment. There, they found an active oven fire and put it out quickly. Firefighters then searched the building and found a "startled" cat, which was soon …
Port Chester, NY
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Resident Hospitalized After Blaze At Port Chester Apartment Building
One person was hospitalized following a fire that broke out at an apartment building in Westchester. The blaze began on Sunday, Feb. 25 around 6 p.m., when smoke was reported to be coming from an apartment building in Port Chester at 167 Terrace Ave., according to the village's fire department. Arriving crews soon found flames coming from the side of the building and forced their way into the structure. Firefighters then searched the building while other crews began using a hose line to extinguish the fire. The blaze was eventually brought under control in under an hour. …
Edison, NJ
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Popular Central Jersey Pizza Shop Shuttered By Fire
A popular pizza shop in Middlesex County was heavily damaged by fire, authorities said. Jerusalem Pizza at 230 Raritan Ave. in Highland Park has been closed down due to the blaze. At approximately 11:14 pm on Tuesday, Feb. 6, the Highland Park Police Department received a 911 call about a fire. Officers arrived at the scene and found heavy smoke and a working structure fire. Officers were able to successfully evacuate all residents from the location, although one was hospitalized for smoke inhalation, police said. Among those called to the scene were the Middlesex County Office of the Fir…
Arlington, VA
Breaking News
Several Injured In Fast-Moving Fire That Gutted Northeast DC Home (
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DC Fire and EMS personnel were met by a basement blaze when they were called into action early on Wednesday morning. At around 8:30 a.m. on Feb. 7, crews were called to the 5500 block of Chillum Place NE, where there was a reported fire with smoke and flames coming from the basement of an area home. Amazing video of what our crews endured upon arriving to the 5500 blk. of Chillium Pl. NE Box Alarm. #DCsBravest pic.twitter.com/7fP3XESLm2 — DC Fire and EMS (@dcfireems) February 7, 2024 More than six dozen firefighters responded, and were able to get the fire under control after utility c…
Egg Harbor Township, NJ
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NJ Volunteer Firefighter Thrown 100 Feet In Refinery Explosion Sees Wave Of Support
An Atlantic County volunteer fire department is asking for help after its assistant fire chief was severely injured in an oil refinery explosion. The Milmay Volunteer Fire Company said it happened while Michael Black was battling a fire at his career firefighting job at the Phillips 66 refinery in Linden. "Mike is okay but has a road of recovery ahead," the fire company posted on Facebook. The fire company set up a GoFundMe page to collect money for Black and more than $4,700 had been raised from at least 42 donations as of Tuesday, Jan. 23. The fundraiser page said Black was responding to…
Cortlandt, NY
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2 Victims Rescued After Suffering Burns In Cortlandt House Fire
Two people were taken to a trauma center after becoming trapped inside a Northern Westchester residence that caught on fire. The incident happened in Cortlandt on Monday, Jan. 16 around 8:45 a.m., when a residence caught on fire with people trapped inside. According to the Croton-on-Hudson Fire Department, arriving crews were able to extinguish the blaze and put out hot spots while also rescuing the two victims who were trapped inside. A search for more residents came up negative, fire officials said. The two victims were later hospitalized for burns and smoke inhalation.&…
Brentwood, NY
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Fatal House Fire: 40-Year-Old Commack Resident ID'd As Victim
One person was killed after a house fire broke out on Long Island. The blaze began at around 6:45 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 3 in Commack. After a 911 caller reported the fire on Spinner Lane, a Suffolk County Police Second Precinct patrol officer arrived on the scene and entered the house where a resident was still upstairs. The officer was unable to remove the man, Jean Laurent, age 40, from the residence, Suffolk County Police said. Laurent was later found and pronounced dead on the scene by a physician assistant from the Office of the Suffolk County Medical…
Lancaster, PA
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Fatal
Fire
: Woman Killed, Police Officer Treated After Historic Summy House Goes Up In Smoke
A woman has died following a fire at the historic building known as The Summy House. The fire broke out at the Summy House, 33 South Main Street, Manheim Borough at 5:07 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 13, according to borough police. The fire was in a second-floor room in the historic building that is home to 20 apartments and 22 residents, the police explained in a release that afternoon. When officers found the room where they believed the fire was coming from, it was locked. Two officers broke down the door, extracted a woman from the room, and got the remaining apartment residents to sa…
Bethlehem, PA
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Man ID'd After House Fire, Carbon Monoxide: Northampton County Coroner
A 42-year-old man has been identified following a house fire, authorities announced late on Wednesday. Al-Malik Hakam Walker of the 900 block of Glendon Ave, Easton was found dead in his home following the fire on Tuesday, Aug. 22, the Northampton County Coroner’s Office detailed in a release. His "cause of death was Carbon Monoxide Toxicity and Smoke Inhalation, and the manner of death is pending the completion of the fire investigation," Coroner Zachary R. Lysek said. Daily Voice has reached out to police, fire, and housing authorities for more information. Check back he…
Glen Burnie, MD
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Fire Tears Through Anne Arundel Home; One Hospitalized (
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At least one person was hospitalized and a home destroyed by a Friday morning house fire in Anne Arundel County. Fire crews were called at approximately 11 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 11, to the 1900 block of Cedar Road in Pasadena to respond to a fast moving fire that left a home with extensive fire, smoke, and water damage. Residential Fire 1900 block of Cedar Ave, Pasadena. @AACoFD crews on scene. Avoid the area. pic.twitter.com/3fvRCE4sFk — Anne Arundel County Fire Department (@AACoFD) August 11, 2023 One person inside the home was taken to an area hospital in stable, but serious conditio…
Paterson, NJ
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Victim Of Hawthorne House Fire Airlifted To Burn Center, Investigators Summoned
Authorities were investigating the circumstances surrounding a house fire in Hawthorne on Wednesday that sent a burn victim to St. Barnabas in a medical chopper. No fewer than five people also were treated for smoke inhalation, including police officers who had to break a window to get into the apparently barricaded home on Sunrise Drive off Goffle Hill Road shortly after 1:30 p.m. May 24, a source with direct knowledge of the incident said. The State Police helicopter took the female victim to the medical center in Livingston after landing on the baseball field at Hawthorne High School, w…
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