Crime & Safety

Mount Vernon Fights Fire In 3-Family House

Eastchester and New Rochelle provided mutual aid.

MOUNT VERNON, NY — The Mount Vernon Fire Department was called out to a house fire at 59 Fletcher Ave. Monday morning. The structure was a three-family home.

Mayor Richard Thomas said the fire apparently started at the back of the second floor.

Firefighters were able to search the three-story house before the fire caught in the cockloft.

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Mutual aid came from Eastchester and New Rochelle.

PHOTOS/ Mayor Richard Thomas's Office

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