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Mount Vernon blaze leaves 14 homeless

Originally published: December 27, 2012 8:08 PM
Updated: December 27, 2012 10:03 PM
By NEWSDAY.COM

Mount Vernon firefighters battled a fire that ripped

Photo credit: Amtissal Aboulissan/News12 | Mount Vernon firefighters battled a fire that ripped through a house Thursday night. (Dec. 27, 2012)

Fourteen people and three dogs were left homeless after a fire ripped through a house in Mount Vernon Thursday night.

Firefighters responded to 271 S. Second Ave. at 7:30 p.m. and arrived to find the house fully engulfed in flames.

The fire began on the building's first floor. Within a few minutes, flames had spread to the second floor, News12 reported. Firefighters broke the remaining...

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