Crime & Safety
Fire Rips Through Mount Vernon Home
BREAKING: Multiple fire departments are battling the blaze with the wind chill temperature 5 below zero. Photos and video inside story.
MOUNT VERNON, NY – A massive fire tore through a Mount Vernon home Monday afternoon.
Numerous fire departments responded to the blaze, which broke out around 3:15 p.m. at 436 E. 5th Street at the corner of Garden Avenue.
An elderly woman was rescued from the home and taken to the hospital, ABC 7 reported. She is expected to survive.
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Mt Vernon | 436 E 5th St | 2nd Alarm w/ rescue made. https://t.co/3kGQgVb0ho pic.twitter.com/1ky6gs1g1N
— Kempter's Fire Wire (@KempterFireWire) January 21, 2019
Main photo by Antonette Rawlins
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