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BLOOMING GROVE, N.Y. — Authorities say nine dogs have been killed and six others rescued after a fire breaks out at a Hudson Valley home.

Police in the Orange County town of Blooming Grove tell the Times Herald-Record of Middletown (http://bit.ly/Vi2d8p ) that one dog is missing after Wednesday's late-morning fire at a bungalow in Mountain Lodge Park.

The six dogs rescued by firefighters were taken to a local animal hospital. A veterinarian says the dogs are recovering.

The property's landlord says the dogs belong to woman who was renting the bungalow.

Dozens of firefighters battled the blaze and two suffered minor injuries. Officials say inspectors are investigating the cause of the fire.

Police say they're investigating whether there were issues regarding the care of the dogs.

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Information from: The Times Herald-Record, http://www.th-record.com

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NEW CITY, N.Y.  — Authorities say a 79-year-old woman and her adult daughter were killed in an early morning fire that swept through their Rockland County house.

The fire erupted shortly after midnight Thursday at 36 Stratford Place in New City.

Firefighters were kept from entering the house by the intense flames.

Rockland County Deputy Fire Coordinator George Drescher said The fire was so far advanced that firefighters "could only do what they could do."

About 100 firefighters responded to the scene.

Authorities said the daughter suffered from some type of handicap.

The investigation into the fire is continuing.

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CAMILLUS, N.Y. (AP) — Firefighters remain at the scene of a blaze that started while workers were demolishing the former Camillus Cutlery factory outside Syracuse.

Local media outlets report that fire crews continue to douse smoldering debris Tuesday morning, nearly 18 hours after the blaze was reported early Monday afternoon. Demolition crews are tearing down what's left of the three-story structure.

Roads and streets near the fire scene that had been closed were reopened around 9 a.m. Tuesday.

The owner of a company that bought the property in 2011 for redevelopment says sparks from a demolition worker cutting pipes started the blaze. No injuries were reported.

Camillus Cutlery dated to the 1870s. It went bankrupt in 2007 because of foreign competition.

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NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) - Gaskill Prep School in Niagara Falls has been evacuated due to what officials are describing as a "chlorine cloud" in the swimming pool area of the building.

A custodian apparently poured chlorine into the wrong place for the pool filter, causing a chlorine cloud to form in the basement of the school. The smell of bleach was reportedly overwhelming.

Two maintenance workers were taken by ambulance to Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center. So far, there is no word on their condition. All the students and staff were evacuated from the building.

As a safety precaution, students and school staff have been evacuated to pre-arranged evacuation sites. Gaskill is closed for the remainder of the day. A spokesperson for Niagara Falls City Schools tells News 4, students will either be bussed or released, once parents are contacted.

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CHILI, N.Y. (AP) — A firefighter is hurt and eight people have lost their homes after a large house fire in suburban Rochester.

Firefighters from Chili (CHYE-lye) and Gates battled the fire that started around 12:30 a.m. Sunday.

The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (http://on.rocne.ws/WXL5Wa ) reports that the three-story house contained several apartments. Four families and at least two cats were evacuated by firefighters.

One firefighter was taken to Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester. Authorities didn't comment on the nature of his injuries.

Frigid weather made it difficult to fight the fire. Teams of firefighters took turns working on the fire and recovering in a warming center.

The Monroe County Sheriff's office is investigating the cause of the blaze, which caused part of the roof to collapse.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Authorities say a fire sparked by a space heater in a Brooklyn apartment on a freezing, snowy morning has killed an 8-year-old boy.

The Fire Department says a firefighter and another person were taken to hospitals with minor injuries after the blaze early Saturday. It was in a building on Bedford Avenue in the Flatbush neighborhood.

Henry Barnes lives across the street. He tells The New York Times he was awaked by screams, went outside and saw two women standing in the street.

He says one was yelling: "Get my kids, get my kids."

The boy died at the scene of the fire. His name hasn't been released.

Firefighters determined the space heater was too close to some combustible items. It's not immediately clear what they were.

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HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (AP) — Police say an apartment fire that spread to several buildings has forced 250 people from their homes, killed one and sent 11 to hospitals on Long Island.

Nassau County police say one victim is in critical condition after fire Saturday morning in Hempstead. The rest have injuries that aren't seen as life-threatening.

Police haven't released the identity of the person who died. Newsday (http://bit.ly/WBB4hX ) says that that victim is an 8-year-old boy, and another is a pregnant woman who suffered a heart attack.

Detectives are trying to determine what caused the fire. They don't believe it was set deliberately. It started in a third-floor apartment on Paul Road North around 6:20 a.m.

Some 300 firefighters were called in from 13 departments. It took several hours to extinguish the fire.

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