Thinking the fire at a local fertilizer plant was relatively innocuous a Waco, Texas father pulled up a quarter mile away with his son to observe the event. He told his son he expected the buildings at the plant to collapse, but instead a massive explosion went off, which he caught on tape. You can […]
BY SARA GILBERT A gas explosion resulting in a large open fire occurred in Nyack on Thursday, June 21 while Raines & Welsh & Sons, contractors of Orange & Rockland Utilities, were working on a gas main replacement project. By Sunday, June 24, the intersection of North Broadway and First Avenue in Nyack was cleaned […]
A fundraiser for those affected by the explosion January 16 at Fairgrounds II in West Haverstraw will be held on Friday, February 17 at Hi-Tor Lanes starting at 9:30 p.m. Tickets will be $25.00 per person. Hi-Tor Lanes is hosting the event in conjunction with the Town of Haverstraw and the Village of West Haverstraw. […]
The North Rockland Business Alliance has approved up to $1,500 in matching funds for victims of the blast that occurred on January 16, 2012 and affected several homeowners, as well as injured firefighters attempting to safeguard lives. The Towns of Haverstraw and Village of West Haverstraw have set up two disaster funds to aid in […]
BY SHERLY JOURDAIN PHOTOS BY THOMAS MCGUIRE On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, January 16, a condominum at 52 Zariello Lane in the Village of West Haverstraw exploded around 12:57 p.m., after a Verizon contractor had hit a gas main earlier while digging along Zariello Lane and Komonchak Circle. The explosion resulted in injuries to […]