Private Home Destroyed in House Fire on Yonkers-Bronx Border

By DAVID GREENE

Yonkers firefighters battle a blaze from the roof of 149 Scott Avenue on the Yonkers-Bronx border on Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2021.
Photo by Toby Norwood

A private home was destroyed after fire broke out in the home which is located on the Yonkers-Bronx border. Three firefighters suffered minor injuries in the blaze.

According to a statement released by Deputy Chief Joseph Citrone of the Yonkers Fire Department, the fire was reported at 3.56 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 22, at 149 Scott Avenue in Yonkers, on the Wakefield border of the Bronx.

Yonkers firefighters contain a two-alarm fire that eventually destroyed a home located on Scott Avenue on the Yonkers-Bronx border on Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2021.
Photo by David Greene

According to Citrone’s statement, the two-alarm blaze was “initiated from an electrical outlet that sparked and ignited a mattress.”

Firefighters discovered ‘Collyer’s mansion conditions,’ an FDNY term for a cluttered residence according to Firehouse.com, and reported that debris was piled from floor to ceiling, making it difficult to reach small pockets of fire.

Fire tears through the roof of a private home on Scott Avenue on the Yonkers- Bronx border, on Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2021.
Photo by Toby Norwood

In explaining the term, Firehouse.com made reference to a previous incident where a firefighter from the FDNY had crawled through a “colliers mansion condition” to rescue two occupants and for this was rewarded one of the medals given out during an FDNY medal day presentation.

Fire officials reported one home located next door to the fire location suffered minor damage and three firefighters were treated for minor injuries at area hospitals.

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