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Part Of New Castle Yeshiva Being Demolished After Intense Blaze Friday

NEW CASTLE, N.Y. -- One building of the Yeshiva of Nitra complex in New Castle is being torn down Monday, after a Friday-night fire that raged through the building and reignited multiple times over the weekend. 

Multiple fire companies responded to a quick-moving fire that destroyed one building of the Yeshiva of Nitra complex.

Multiple fire companies responded to a quick-moving fire that destroyed one building of the Yeshiva of Nitra complex.

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One of the buildings at the Yeshiva of Nitra complex in New Castle was a total loss, after a Friday fire.

One of the buildings at the Yeshiva of Nitra complex in New Castle was a total loss, after a Friday fire.

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The Friday fire moved quickly through the New Castle yeshiva building.

The Friday fire moved quickly through the New Castle yeshiva building.

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One building at the Mount Kisco yeshiva  was completely burned out.

One building at the Mount Kisco yeshiva was completely burned out.

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The two-story building at the yeshiva -- an Orthodox Jewish rabbinical seminary -- was a total loss. 

Up to 100 people were inside the building for Sabbath prayers, News 12 Westchester reported, but everyone was able to evacuate in time. 

An array of local fire departments responded to the initial fire, as well as the flare-ups, including Mount Kisco, Ossining, Millwood, Croton-on-Hudson, Somers and Bedford Hills, according to a Sunday Facebook post by the Millwood Fire Co. No. 1.

Fighting the fire was complicated by the complex's location, at the top of a hill, as the Daily Voice reported Saturday, as well as a lack of a nearby water source, as the Croton-on-Hudson Fire Department noted.

Herbert Fogel told News 12 he's managed the yeshiva for 42 years. He said he is trying to accept the events as God's will -- and hopes the building will be rebuilt in the next year or two. 

Yeshiva students are currently being housed, and continuing to study, in another building in the complex, according to News 12. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.

You can view News 12's report here. 

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