Lit cigar deemed cause of Yonkers fire; man charged
Investigators say a man without a home fell asleep with a lit cigar on School Street on January 16.
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Investigators say a lit cigar is responsible for causing a fire on School Street in Yonkers last month.
They say a man without a home fell asleep with that lit cigar, causing a 4-alarm fire that spread to four buildings, with a partial collapse of the first building. Two of those buildings are now destroyed.
At least a dozen families were left displaced.
The man is now charged with criminal mischief and trespassing.
The fire was ruled accidental. No one was seriously injured.
