Thousands of NYC fire escapes rust away without inspection

  By Jim Hoffer Tuesday, February 27, 2018 06:16PM NEW YORK CITY (WABC) — When a step fell seven stories from a SoHo building’s fire escape two weeks ago, it struck a man walking below in the head, killing him. The incident also exposed the city’s weak oversight of these aging steel structures. Cisco Meneses, […]

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Fire Escape Step Plunges 7 Stories in Lower Manhattan

Fire Escape Step Plunges 7 Stories in Lower Manhattan, Hits 2 People on Street: Officials   By Erica Byfield Published at 2:57 PM EST on Feb 16, 2018 | Updated at 1:04 AM EST on Feb 17, 2018   WHAT TO KNOW Two people were injured after a step from a fire escape fell seven […]

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Pedestrian Struck by falling fire escape piece – has died

  PEDESTRIAN STRUCK Man dies after piece of fire escape fell 7 stories in SoHo   By Tim Fleischer Sunday, February 18, 2018 10:17AM SOHO, Manhattan (WABC) — A man has died after a piece of a fire escape fell seven stories in Manhattan Friday afternoon. Two other people were injured in the accident, one […]

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Man Dies After Being Hit By Piece Of SoHo Fire Escape

<span data-mce-type=”bookmark” style=”display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;” class=”mce_SELRES_start” data-mce-style=”display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;”></span>   Man Dies After Being Hit By Piece Of SoHo Fire Escape That Plummeted 7 Stories February 17, 2018 at 9:20 pm Filed Under:Dave Carlin, Local TV, Manhattan, soho NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A Long Island man […]

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At Least 32 People, Including Firefighters, Hurt

At Least 32 People, Including Firefighters, Hurt in Roaring Brooklyn Fire: FDNY Published at 5:35 AM EST on Jan 22, 2018 | Updated at 2:07 PM EST on Jan 22, 2018   Almost three dozen people were injured after a roaring fire that sent residents out their windows to escape broke out inside an apartment building […]

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10 injured in Hunts Point Bronx

10 injured in Hunts Point Bronx <p><strong>NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)</strong> — An extra-alarm fire broke out in the Hunts Point section of the <span class=”vm-hook-outer vm-hook-default”><span class=”vm-hook”>Bronx</span></span> Tuesday.</p><p>Ten people were injured and witnesses risked their lives to help rescue those inside.</p><p>The FDNY was notified at 1:10 p.m. of the fire in the five-story <span class=”vm-hook-outer vm-hook-default”><span class=”vm-hook”>apartment</span></span> building at 860 Hunts […]

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Heroes rush into burning building

Heroes rush into burning building, save senior citizens   PONTIAC, Mich. (WXYZ) – “I ran in there and knocked on her door,” said Kenneth Breaux. Proulx and his brother Joseph Jones ran into the West Manor Apartments in Pontiac after seeing smoke coming from the roof of the building Saturday evening. “My step mother Shirley […]

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