Rombout Assistant Fire Chief John Lucariello has returned home after collapsing at the scene of a fire.

Lucariello had been in critical condition at Westchester Medical Center after responding to an Aug. 11 fire.

The Rombout Fire Company was dispatched to 70 Mountainview Road in Fishkill at 5:19 a.m. that day for a report of a structure fire. While investigating the fire, Lucariello collapsed at the scene.

According to The Yard Foundation fundraising page set up for him and his family, firefighters and paramedics performed life-saving efforts on Lucariello, including delivering electrical shock five times without success, but Lucariello resumed breathing on his own a few minutes later.

In an Aug. 26 post on its website, the Rombout Fire Company said Lucariello was welcomed ho

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