Fire Damages Boulevard East House in New Rochelle

New Rochelle fire fighters battled the two-alarm blaze.

Posted Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 11:13 pm ET|Updated Tue, May 7, 2013 at 5:11 pm ET

A two-alarm fire heavily damaged a two-story house Friday at 231 Boulevard East in New Rochelle.

The New Rochelle Fire Department showed up in force to fight the fire that went to a second alarm around 5:30 p.m.

Much of the surrounding neighborhood was blocked off by police, as residents watched the fire fighters try to control the fire.

By 6:30 p.m., there was still heavy smoke coming from the structure. Fire fighters could be seen coming down from the crumbling slate roof.

No further information is known at this time.

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