Community Board To Aid Inwood Businesses Destroyed By Fire

INWOOD, NY — The community board which represents Uptown Manhattan will explore how to help the owners of Inwood businesses that burned down during a four-alarm fire, the board's chair told Patch.

Two of Community Board 12's committees — the committees on public safety and business development — will meet in December to discuss aid for the seven businesses that burned down Sunday, Nov. 12, board chair Shah Ally said.

So far, none of the business owners have contacted the community board directly or responded to outreach efforts, Ally said.

"I suppose that the 'newness/ of the tragedy has caused some delay in their response to us," Ally said.

Anybody who has been affected by the fire is encouraged to reach out to the board, Ally said.

On Sunday, a four-alarm fire ripped through a row of businesses on Nagle Avenue between Thayer and Dyckman streets, fire officials told Patch. About 170 firefighters battled the blaze for nearly three hours before placing it under control, fire officials said.

Six firefighters suffered minor injuries and were taken to Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, fire officials said.

The four-alarm fire was ruled an accident and was the result of an operating saw blade on a nearby site, an FDNY spokesman said.

City Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez' office did not immediately respond to a message from Patch about outreach or aid efforts to the affected businesses.

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