Officials told CBS New York the blaze started in a vacant home, and spread quickly to three others.
NEWBURGH, N.Y. -- More than 30 people were burned out of their homes by an Easter Sunday fire in Orange County.Officials told CBS New York the blaze in Newburgh started in a vacant home, and spread quickly to three others.Alejandro Macareno's hands were covered in soot after he tried to salvage a few possessions from his home.'The house fire ... I don't know what happened,' Macareno said.
'It's usually someone trying to stay warm, and trying to seek shelter to get off the streets,' Newburgh Fire Chief FJ Spinelli said.Despite progress with rehabbing homes, Newburgh still struggles with dozens and dozens of abandoned and boarded-up properties. Securing them properly is a long-term issue for the city, where a quarter of the population lives in poverty.'We also have a very large number of squatters who come in and make access to the building,' Spinelli said.
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