Yonkers -2nd Alarm 12-18-03

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Date:12-18-03

Time: 0320hrs

Location: 54 Caryl Ave

Frequency:46.500/484.7125

Units:

Description: Fire in a 5 story brick OMD

Writer:Truck4/YonkersR3

0322hrs- B-1 Rpts. 10-29 for heavy smoke condition on 2nd floor of a 5-story OMD. Co's still trying to locate fire.

0347hrs- 2nd Alarm fire in boiler room with extension to 2nd floor via a shaft.

0427hrs- 3 L/S/O, fire contained mostly to shaft and boiler room with slight extension to 2nd floor. Main body K/D

0500hrs- Car 4 reports fire is out. Companies starting to pick up.

It has been a very difficult few weeks for our Bravest in the City Of Yonkers. God Speed With All Of Them.

A fire broke out around 4 a.m. Thursday on Caryl Avenue, making it the second blaze Yonkers firefighters had to battle within 12 hours.

Everyone in the five-story apartment building was forced to evacuate and firefighters have reported their were no injures.

Yonkers Deputy Fire Chief Chris Kiernan said the fire started in the boiler room and spread into the ceiling. The cause of the fire is under investigation.

Residents in the building have been allowed to return to their apartments.

Another fire broke out shortly after 7 p.m. Wednesday at 149 North Broadway, there was one fatality.