Fire officials have been extinguishing minimal hot spots that been popping up Saturday morning, according to Rockland officials.
Officials continue putting out hot spots following the brush fires that were sparked from a passing CSX train during track maintenance.Firefighters remain busy putting out hot spots following a chain of brush fires that threatened several residential communities in Rockland County on Friday.
According to officials, crews remain busy extinguishing very minimal hot spots that have been popping up Saturday morning in the Congers section. Choppers were over the Congers section, dumping massive buckets of water on brush fire near the train tracks, while people on the ground tried to ward off the fast-moving flames using garden hoses.Minor damage has been reported following the brush fires that went through Congers, Haverstraw and Stony Point Friday, leaving Clarkstown police to evacuate over 100 homes near the fires.
Preliminary reports indicate that sparks kicked up from an S/B train traveling through Stony Point, Haverstraw and Congers may have started the fire, according to Rockland officials.The official cause of the fire is still under investigation.
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