VIDEO: Investigators believe that the two men found dead in an apartment fire in Brooklyn had been killed before flames broke out.
Fire crews arrived at the scene on Bay 29th Street at around 7 p.m. Sunday. Officials say the two men were found inside the four-story apartment building.
Authorities say one of the men found had a puncture wound to his neck. The other man had head trauma.
Their deaths are now being treated as homicides.
Two firefighters suffered minor injuries. It took officials about an hour to get the flames under control.
One neighbor, who moved in over the weekend, describes hearing the news about the men who died.
"We decided to take the cats and just leave, head downstairs," Kerven Jasmine said. "Yeah, definitely surprising but you know, but bad things can happen at random times so today just happened to be an unlucky day for us."
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Mount Vernon Fire Department officials say a man died in a house fire in the city on Saturday morning.
At approximately 9:25 a.m. on Saturday, the Mount Vernon Fire Department was called to a fire on South Third Ave. The residential fire resulted in one resident losing his life.
The fire department arrived on the scene in force with three engines, ladder trucks, and battalion support. Another victim suffered from smoke inhalation and was rushed to Jacobi Hospital for injuries described as "non-life-threatening."
Firefighters encountered heavy flames on the first floor of the building when they arrived. Despite their efforts during a primary search, officials said the intense flames made it challenging to conduct a thorough search. Eventually, during a secondary search, the body of the man who died in the blaze was discovered.
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Both the residents of a home and the occupants of a vehicle escaped without serious injury, after a vehicle crashed into a Rensselaerville home early Sunday morning.
Albany County Sheriff Craig D. Apple, Sr., says deputies responded to the area of 3180 State Route 145 at around 1 a.m., for a report of a vehicle that had crashed into a house.
Arriving deputies saw both the vehicle and the residence fully involved with fire. Two residents from within the home were able to safely exit without serious injury. The operator of the vehicle, Jessica Hauser, 41, of Middleburgh, and her passenger Rickie Mickle, were both out of the vehicle as well, with minor injuries.
The Tri-Village Fire Department were assisted by Rensselaerville, Medusa and Livingstonville Fire Departments in extinguishing the fire.
The investigation into the cause of the crash is ongoing.
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Officials are crediting a dramatic water rescue effort with saving the life of a man who found himself stranded in the waters of the Hudson River under the Yonkers train station.
At around 1 p.m. on Saturday, Yonkers Police Department and Yonkers Fire Department units responded to the Yonkers train station on reports of someone screaming for help from the Hudson River.
Police could hear a man yelling for help from the tunnel under the train station that runs between Van Der Donck Park and the outlet to the Hudson River. The Yonkers Police Department Emergency Service Unit quickly grabbed their water rescue equipment and entered the tunnel from the river side, while Yonkers Fire Department personnel entered the tunnel from the park side.
After wading in complete darkness, police eventually found the man clinging to a rock in 6 feet of water as high tide rolled in.
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