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Tenant alerted residents to Peekskill fire

As fire spread through a Peekskill apartment building, a tenant helped to alert neighbors to the danger. The fire started at around 6:30 p.m. Monday at the 21-unit complex on Freemont Avenue near Peekskill

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Jul 22, 2015, 8:55 PM

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