A residence in Northern Westchester was evacuated after a blaze broke out inside the building. The blaze happened on Saturday, April 13 just before 7 p.m., when smoke was reported at a Chappaqua residence on Hunts Place, according to the Chappaqua Fire Department. Arriving crews from Chappaqua and the Pleasantville Volunteer Fire Department quickly confirmed that everyone was out of the home before working to get the blaze under control. Soon, a hose line was stretched into the residence and...
Former CBS News anchor Dan Rather is set to be interviewed April 25 on CBS Sunday Morning 18 years after his controversial exit from the network. The episode logline reads, “Lee Cowan talks with former CBS News anchor Dan Rather about his work at CBS and his life in news.” The 92-year-old journalist exited under […]
A long-standing Italian restaurant in Edinburgh could be set for major changes after plans were unveiled for a two-bedroom flat on the premises. The Shandwick Place diner could be reduced in size to make way for the apartment, according to documents sent to the city council. Owner Tony Pia is seeking permission to move the kitchen from the lower ground floor to the main shop floor. Papers compiled by agents Format Design show male and female toilets would also be moved to the lower ground floor...
Edinburgh residents will be denied the opportunity to voice their opinions on controversial plans for new student flats in a public meeting, after the council failed to determine the application in time. The 138-bed crescent-style block on the corner of Willowbrae Road and Northfield Drive will now be decided directly by a Scottish Government planning reporter. A local councillor called it “outrageous” that locals “won’t get to make their case against this development in a formal public forum”....
Residents in a quiet Midlothian street rushed to the aid of a neighbour whose garage was ablaze last night, with the small building now destroyed and the charred remains of a van sitting next to it. The fire broke out just after 9pm on Tuesday, April 23 at Pentland Crescent in Rosewell, with neighbours coming together to try to control the fire by using their hoses while they waited on the fire brigade to arrive. This morning, the burnt-out van and the destroyed garage give a clear indication of...
Two people have been taken to hospital following a house fire in South Hylton in Sunderland. A statement from a North East Ambulance Service spokesperson said: “We were called to a house fire on Cambria Street, Sunderland at 9.35pm last night (Sunday April 21). “We dispatched two double crewed ambulances, a clinical team leader and three resources from our Hazardous Area Response Team. We were also supported by the Great North Air Ambulance medical car. “Two patients were transported to...
A man has been found dead in a property in Edinburgh. Police were called to Greendykes Road in the Niddrie/Craigmillar area of the city on Monday where they discovered the body inside a flat at a high-rise tower block. Officers said there appear to be no suspicious circumstances. A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “On Monday the body of a man was found within a property on Greendykes Road, Edinburgh. “There would not appear to be any suspicious circumstances surrounding the death and a report...
Firefighters assisted a resident in evacuating after a fire broke out in a 24-unit condominium building in Crystal Lake, leaving residents of one unit displaced Monday morning. The Crystal Lake Fire Rescue Department responded around 10:14 a.m. Monday to the Virginia Road Condominiums, 651 South Virginia Road in Crystal Lake. Crystal Lake Fire Rescue Department […]
A BNSF train derailed and caught fire near the Arizona-New Mexico state line, closing segments of Interstate 40. Nearby residents were evacuated.
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Neighbours have described seeing smoke billowing through the front door of an adjoining house and fearing for their own safety after an overnight house fire which resulted in two people being taken to hospital. Emergency services were called to a terraced house on Cambria Street in South Hylton, Sunderland, at around 9.35pm last night. Admin worker Kiera Jordan, 26, who lives just two doors from the the fire damaged property, said: “I was in the bath last night at around 9pm when I saw flashing...
Syracuse police are asking residents within several blocks of Caleb and Nichols avenues in Eastwood to shelter in police due to a “very active police” response Sunday afternoon. Police on the scene said a man with a weapon has barricaded himself in a home.