4-Alarm Fire Tears Through Yonkers Apartment Building, Hundreds Displaced
YONKERS, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) -- Firefighters were on the scene of a four-alarm fire that ripped through an apartment building in Yonkers Tuesday night.
Officials say the fast-moving flames broke out around 6:15 p.m. in the six-story complex on Parkview Avenue.
There are no reported injuries, but every firefighter in the city was on the scene Tuesday. The mayor says they will likely be working well into the morning to extinguish the blaze.
"It started on this end as you can see it went all around the building and it's completely engulfed," Mayor Mike Spano said.
"When you look at a building like that you know it has to be well over 75-years-old. There's lots of places for fire to hide in places like that and when they get started they get stubborn and don't want to stop."
Authorities say more than 200 people, including at least 100 families, are now without a home.
The Yonkers Fire Department had the help of at least six neighboring departments as they tried to get the flames under control.
"They're under a tremendous amount of stress. This is a pretty significant fire for us, but they're the best trained fire department in the world so they'll do what they have to do to get it under control," Spano added.
The Red Cross is assisting those displaced residents. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.