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Commissioner: Extension cord suspected in Yonkers fire

Originally published: February 27, 2013 8:01 AM
Updated: February 27, 2013 1:54 PM
By NEWSDAY.COM AND NEWS12

Yonkers firefighters suspect an electrical extension cord started a fire that injured an 8-month-old baby and the child's father, Fire Commissioner Robert Sweeney said Wednesday.

"All indications are leading toward an electrical cause of the fire," he said of the Tuesday night fire. "It appears to be an extension cord under clothing or material that ... ignited."

Sweeney said that the...

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