LANDMARK DINER FIRE, OSSINING 8/22/19

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As many of you know, there was a fire today at the Landmark Diner in Ossining. (Click on the photo courtesy of a Croton resident.)

The Croton F.D. has been giving mutual aid: Since 9:45 this morning, our FASTeam has been operating at a multiple-alarm fire at the Landmark Diner on South Highland Avenue in Briarcliff Manor. All employees and patrons were able to safely evacuate. South Highland Avenue (AKA Route 9) at the Ossining/Briarcliff Border near Arcadian Shopping Center is closed and will likely be closed for several more hours. Please avoid this area and seek alternate routes. Utility 14 with six CFD members are on scene.  Also operating are Briarcliff Manor FD, Chappaqua FD, Hawthorne FD, Millwood FD, Ossining FD, Pleasantville FD, Thornwood FD, Ossining EMS, Pleasantville EMS and WCDES Battalion 12.

CROTON FD FB PAGE PHOTOS HERE AND HERE AND HERE

UPDATED: HAPPY TO REPORT THAT EMPLOYEES AND CLIENTS WERE NOT INJURED. 

NBC NEWS, BELOVED DINER GUTTED https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Beloved-Westchester-County-Diner-Gutted-by-Raging-Fire-557881191.html

FOLLOW UP ARTICLE, EXAMINER NEWS https://www.theexaminernews.com/landmark-diner-in-ossining-destroyed-by-fire/