Courtesy of WRCR.
We’re learning more about the fire last week that destroyed a Pomona synagogue early Wednesday morning. The fire broke out at “Chassidim of the Heights” around 5:30 Wednesday morning at 34 North Ridge Road in Pomona. On Friday’s “Who Wants to Be a Volunteer,” Rockland’s Director of Fire and Emergency Services, Chris Kear, said it took about five hours to battle the blaze. Kear said volunteers from the Hillcrest Fire Department made an aggressive initial attack, but the fire was already too intense, and the structure could not be saved…
A Jewish website, Matzav.com, reported that three Torahs were destroyed in the fire. Kear says the cause of the blaze is under investigation, and there were no injuries.