Battalion chief from Yonkers honored by peers

Michael Fahy, the 44-year-old FDNY battalion chief who lived in the Crestwood section of Yonkers, died after a house explosion in the Bronx Tuesday. Fahy, a beloved father of three, is being remembered by his friends and colleagues as a "firefighter's firefighter" and family man who devoted his life to serving others.

Fugitive In Blast That Killed Westchester’s Fahy Found At Lover’s Home

A man who authorities said had a pot-growing operation in a two-story Bronx home that exploded Tuesday morning, killing FDNY battalion chief Michael Fahy, a Yonkers resident and North Rockland High School grad, is being held without bail in the Bergen County Jail after his arrest at his girlfriend's Cliffside Park apartment on Tuesday. Julio Salcedo Contrer, 34, was taken into custody by a Regional Fugitive Task Force made up of NYPD detectives and US Marshals on Walker Street.

Yonkers Resident, Fallen NYPD Chief Fahy Followed Father’s Footsteps

Yonkers resident and North Rockland native Michael Fahy, 44, who was killed Tuesday during an explosion at a marijuana grow house in the Bronx, grew up with FDNY blood coursing through his veins, according to multiple sources. A battalion chief, Fahy, came from a family dedicated to the department with his father serving 33 years with the department, fighting fire after fire to become a battalion chief himself, before retiring in 2001, said the New York Post.