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Two Restaurant Fires in Fordham Heights & Bedford Park

By DAVID GREENE
Two fires reported at two different local restaurants, within days of each other, have resulted in one being shut temporarily and one being closed indefinitely.   On Thursday, Dec. 17, at 7.14 p.m., the FDNY responded to a call for “all hands” in relation to a fire reported at El Buen Ambiente, a restaurant and bar, located at 108 East 198th Street in Bedford Park.   According to officials, the fire began on the roof of the one-story, commercial building located between Creston Avenue and the Grand Concourse. Sixty firefighters from 12 units brought the fire under control at 7.48


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Norwood: Fire Marshal Investigating 3rd Blaze in Four Days

By DAVID GREENE
Investigators from the FDNY’s Fire Marshal unit are investigating the second blaze to strike a commercial business along a popular shopping hub over a three-day period in the Norwood section of the Bronx.   FDNY officials reported that the fire broke out inside the W&K Beauty Salon & Barber Shop, located at 6 West Gun Hill Road. According to an unnamed official, the fire broke out at 10.47 p.m., on Sunday, Sept. 27 and 60 FDNY members from 12 fire units brought the blaze under control by 11.28 p.m.   Fire Marshals from the FDNY’s Bureau of Fire Investigation were


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