Fire In Walls At Palisades Mall Restaurant Triggered Second Alarm: Fire Officials

NYACK, NY — Automated fire alarms, and a quick response from firefighters kept a fraught situation at a Hudson Valley landmark from becoming a disaster.

On Monday night, shortly before 9 p.m., the West Nyack Fire Department responded to an automatic alarm at the Palisades Mall.

At the scene, police and mall security told firefighters that there was a fire in Waffle 'n Crepes on the second floor. When firefighters confirmed a fire in the walls of the shop, a second alarm was transmitted.

The crew of 24-Tanker arrived and knocked the fire down quickly, according to the fire department. Fire crews were on scene for about an hour and a half, fire officials said.

They were joined at the scene by the West Nyack Fire Department police, neighboring fire departments agencies, including the Central Nyack Fire Department, the Blauvelt Volunteer Fire Department, Pearl River Hook and Ladder, the Nanuet Fire Department, the New City Fire Department, Empire Hook and Ladder Company 1, the Valley Cottage Fire Department, the Clarkstown Police Department, and Rockland Paramedic Services.