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Thursday, February 14, 2013

Rockland County - Fire rips through house killing 2


NEW YORK  -A 79-year-old woman and her handicapped daughter were killed in a house fire in New City, New York late Wednesday night, said fire officials.

The fire broke out at approximately 11:30 p.m. inside 36 Stratford Place.

The flames spread quickly in the one-family house before they were put out about 45 minutes later, said fire officials.

A charred structure is all that remained of the house by Thursday morning.

"It was a heavy volume of fire. The fire was so far advanced that they could do only what they could do," said a New City fire official.

About 100 firefighters battled the flames.

It is not clear what sparked the fire.

A police investigation was underway into the cause.


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