Flames destroyed three waterfront homes in the hedge-fund mecca of Greenwich, Connecticut, as a firestorm driven by Sandy’s gale threatened to rip through one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in the U.S. Combined, the mansions were valued at almost $14 million, including one that was purchased in 2011 for $6.8 million, according to town records. According to Businessweek all three were on Binney Lane, a private road protected by a sea wall above Long Island Sound.
Governor Dannel Malloy visited the town Oct. 30, heaping
praise on firefighters who prevented the Oct. 29 conflagration from spreading
to nearby homes. Sandy’s winds, which fed the fire, also knocked down trees and
power lines across the town.
“What’s remarkable here is what the fire department actually
accomplished,” Malloy told reporters as he toured the devastation Oct. 30, a video
posted on AOL Greenwich Patch website
shows…..
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