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UPDATE: 1 Senior Citizen Dead, 2 Firefighters Hurt at Massive Blaze at Evergreen Home for Adults

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March 23, 2021

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SPRING VALLEY, NY – Tuesday, 11 am Press Conference

BREAKING (9:10 am update_ : Director Chris Kear of the Rockland County Fire and Emergency Services announces that a Spring Valley Firefighter is currently unaccounted for after the fire at Evergreen Home For Adults.

One resident of the facility has passed away from injuries at the hospital.

Please keep this firefighter in your thoughts in prayers.

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One senior citizen is dead and two firefighters injured following a massive fire at a residential assisted-living center in Spring Valley in the early morning hours of Tuesday.

Fire officials say flames broke out at the Evergreen Home for Adults at 65 Lafayette St. around 1:30 a.m. Flames engulfed the large building, and there has been numerous roof and wall collapses. Firefighters had to be moved back from the building because of the collapses.

Twenty-three of 26 Rockland County volunteer fire departments responded to the fire, which is still active.

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An Alligator Was Rescued From The Minisceongo Creek

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November 14, 2024

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Today at approximately 11:10am, Haverstraw Police responded to the Minisceongo Creek in the area of Bridge Street in Garnerville for a report of an alligator in the creek.

Haverstraw Police Department personnel assisted in successfully removing the alligator from the water. The Hudson Valley Humane Society of Pomona responded to the scene to take possession and care of the alligator.

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UPDATE: Rockland County Firefighters Headed To Orange County To Assist In Greenwood Lake Wildfire

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November 11, 2024

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Rockland County fire departments deployed units to Greenwood Lake in Orange County last night to help protect structures threatened by the brush fire. Hillcrest, Blauvelt, Pearl River, New City, West Haverstraw, Central Nyack, Nanuet, Piermont, and Suffern responded.

Please keep all the first responders, home owners and residents in your thoughts and prayers.

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