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One person killed, second suffered serious injuries in four-alarm fire in Yonkers

One person was killed in a fire at a Saratoga Avenue apartment building in Yonkers Sunday night.

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One person was killed in a four-alarm fire in an apartment building at 112 Saratoga Ave. Sunday night. At least eight families were displaced due to the fire.

The Journal News

One person was killed in a four-alarm fire in a Yonkers apartment building Sunday night, officials said. 

A second resident suffered very serious injuries after jumping from a third-floor window and was rushed to Jacobi Medical Center, Mayor Mike Spano said. 

The fire started around 7:30 p.m. at 112 Saratoga Ave. and quickly escalated when flames reached the cockloft and shot through the roof. 

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Loretta Carlisle and Timothy Bertrand, residents of 112 Saratoga Ave. in Yonkers, sit across the street from the apartment building as firefighters battled a four-alarm fire in the building Feb. 23, 2020. One person was killed in the fire. The Red Cross and Yonkers Office of Emergency Management were assisting at least eight families who lived in the building.  (Photo: Seth Harrison/The Journal News)

Red Cross spokeswoman Carolyn Sherwin said volunteers helped 26 adults and seven children from six families who were forced from their apartments.

An aerial drone from the Pelham Fire Department was deployed over the building as firefighters wrestled with the blaze.

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The main body of the fire was placed under control at 10:55 p.m., but firefighters continued to chase hot spots. 

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The Yonkers Office of Emergency Management and volunteers from the Red Cross were on site and set up a reception center in the Yonkers PAL at 127 N. Broadway.

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