'If I Don’t Do This, Then We’re All Dying': Mount Vernon Family Recalls Terrifying House Fire

'If I don’t do this, then we’re all dying': Mount Vernon family recalls terrifying house fire

MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. (PIX11) — A frantic fire rescue unfolded in Westchester County as Mount Vernon police officers rushed into a burning home to save a family trapped inside. Their entire escape was caught on body camera video. And now, they’re telling their story for the first time. More Local News “I see them screaming for help with black smoke billowing out,” Sgt. Christopher Rizzo said. “That’s when I climbed to the porch level of the h…

3-year-old girl, 4 others rescued from Mount Vernon inferno

Police in Mount Vernon, N.Y., rescued five people from a flame-engulfed home over the weekend, including a 3-year-old girl dropped from a second-story window. The massive house fire broke out at around 2:20 a.m. Sunday on North Macquesten Parkway in the Westchester County city. Several officers on patrol raced there to find “a woman and child screaming for help from the second-floor window,” the Mount Vernon Police Department said in a statement…