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    1. Operations & Training

    Cover Story: Four-alarm fire forces 200 from homes

    March 1, 2014
    Photos by Mike Messar
    The afternoon fire destroyed the building of origin, a dollar store. Companies prevented the fire from spreading to a five-story apartment building next door.
    The afternoon fire destroyed the building of origin, a dollar store. Companies prevented the fire from spreading to a five-story apartment building next door.

    YONKERS, NY, DEC. 26, 2013 – Calls came in around 4 PM for a fire in the Dollar K store on South Broadway. Companies prevented the fire from spreading to a five-story apartment building next door, but 200 residents from that building were displaced. Seven firefighters were injured and the fire was brought under control in about six hours.

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