CROSS RIVER – An April house fire in Cross River shocked northern Westchester after two victims were found dead inside the home.
Ninety-three-year-old Noel Rae perished along with an unidentified woman who State Police Tuesday identified as Allison Enwright, 52.
Police did not reveal how the two were associated.
Troop K Public Information Officer Trooper Krystal Paolicelli noted that the investigation into the cause and origin of the fire is still ongoing.
Two Lewisboro police officers were burned, one seriously, while rescuing people from the 100-year-old wood-frame home after a report that five people were trapped inside during a sudden flashover.
The two officers and three other residents were treated at the Westchester Medical Center and have since been released.
The noontime fire was fought by firefighters from Croton Falls, South Salem, Bedford Hills, Goldens Bridge, Bedford, Katonah in addition to several departments in Connecticut including Danbury and the Carmel, Brewster and Mahopac departments which covered agencies by backfilling fire houses.
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