Crime & Safety
Fire Erupts In New Rochelle Home, 2 Parakeets Killed
The family wasn't at home at the time of the blaze.
NEW ROCHELLE, NY — A three-story house was heavily damaged Tuesday morning by a fire in New Rochelle. No one was in the home when the blaze erupted around 9 a.m., but the family’s two parakeets were killed.
The owner of the home on Fourth Street — Noe Merlo — was returning from the bank when he saw the fire coming out of the windows, the Journal News said. (For more information on this and other neighborhood stories, subscribe to Patch to receive daily newsletters and breaking news alerts.)
He borrowed a phone from someone on the street and called 911.
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