Update: Ossining Fire Leaves Man With 'Nothing'

The following has been updated with further information from Village of Ossining Police Lt. William Sullivan:

Moments before a heavy and sudden rain stopped men from boarding up a multi-family home ravaged by fire this morning on Ossining's Secor Street, Edgar Pizarro looked on, dismayed.

"Everything is no good," the resident of the first floor of the building said. "There's nothing. Too much water and smoke."

He said his family would stay elsewhere but he seemed uncertain where, and how to recover from this.

Several families were displaced but no one injured, officials reported following the blaze that began around 6 a.m. Monday at the three-story building at 25 Secor Street.

Police Lt. William Sullivan said police received a 911 call at 6:13 a.m. by a resident awakened by "crackling in the wall and smoke." The fire department responded immediately, coming upon a "heavy smoke condition," he said. 

By 8:30 a.m., Sullivan said the scene was clear but the home was left uninhabitable with extensive damage.

Carolyn Sherwin of the Red Cross said they had four volunteers assisting the five families effected, including eight adults and three kids aged 11 months to 18 years. She said though everyone is set up with emergency lodging, food and temporary storage for possessions that they were able to retrieve, that some others may still be surfacing like this man.

She praised the help of her Spanish-speaking volunteer as well as the way all emergency responding crews from Fire to Police to the Red Cross worked so well together in today's effort. Fire departments came from Ossining, Briarcliff Manor, Croton and Sleepy Hollow.

"All the families will be seeking long-term housing,"Sherwin said, adding that she'd have her volunteer reach out to Pizarro.

The fire appears to have hit the second floor the hardest and officials are still determining the cause.