Officials: Car crashes into Ossining home, causes fire; driver at large
Officials say the three-story structure houses 13 people from three families.
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Officials say an Ossining home was heavily damaged after a car crashed into the structure and caused fire Saturday afternoon.
Police say the unidentified driver jumped out of their vehicle and ran after crashing into the multi-family home on South Highland Avenue around 4:30 p.m.
The vehicle burst into flames, igniting the home that housed 13 people from three families.
Investigators say everyone made it out safely, although one firefighter suffered a minor injury while fighting the blaze.
"It was a working fire. We didn't go to a second alarm. It's what we call a first-alarm assignment," said Ossining Fire Department Logistics Officer J.T. Camp.
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Crews installed wooden beams to shore up the three-story structure to prevent a collapse before a tow truck removed the car from the building.
Police were still searching for the driver as of Saturday night.
