CITY OF NEWBURGH — Friends and family huddled around Arlivia West in a neighbor's driveway Saturday evening while firefighters tended to her charred home on Overlook Place.

A two-alarm fire that began about 4:40 p.m. Saturday burned through the top floor of the two-and-a-half story house that West has lived in since 1996.

The house on Overlook Place is located in a busy section of the city between Liberty and South Lander streets.

West had tears in her eyes as different people came to console her with hugs and well-wishes. Firefighters had a section of Liberty Street blocked for the response, but it did not stop curious onlookers from wandering near the house to view the damage.

Mayor Torrance Harvey and interim City Manager Joe Donat were at the scene.

West's brother-in-law, whose bedroom was on the top floor, alerted her to the smell of smoke just as the family was preparing to eat pizza in the downstairs kitchen.

West said all 10 people inside escaped unharmed.

City of Newburgh Assistant Fire Chief Robert Bain said one City of Newburgh firefighter was sent to St. Luke's Hospital with an injury.

Bain said the electric and gas inside the home was ruined by the fire and the house will be condemned.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.