Man seriously burned, 7 others hurt in Long Island City apartment fire

LONG ISLAND CITY, Queens (WABC) — Eight people were injured, one seriously, during an apartment fire in Queens late Tuesday. The fire started in a first-floor apartment in the building on 46th Avenue in Long Island City around 10:40 p.m. Several people inside said they heard what sounded like an explosion and quickly realized something […]

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Two killed in early-morning Bronx fire

Two killed in early-morning Bronx fire, officials say By Michael Herzenberg  |  March 5, 2018 @11:02 PM “I heard everybody yell, ‘Fire, fire, get out!’” Paul Madsen said he was just trying to get to sleep when one of his neighbors banged on his door. Herzenberg: What’d you see once you got out? Madsen: Just […]

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Fire kills mom and disabled daughter

Raging Brooklyn fire kills mom and disabled daughter, as 70 other residents escape The blaze, sparked by an electrical heater, raced quickly through the four-story Belmont Ave. building around 1:30 a.m., with both victims pronounced dead at Brookdale University Hospital. (Danny Iudici/for New York Daily News) BY Adam Shrier Thomas Tracy Larry Mcshane NEW YORK […]

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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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Wood Plunges Construction Site, Hits Girl in Head

Wood Plunges From NYC Construction Site, Hits Girl in Head The 8-year-old girl, named Tatiana, needed staples to her head but is expected to be OK, according to her family By Adam Kuperstein Published at 2:44 PM EST on Feb 23, 2018 | Updated at 6:50 PM EST on Feb 23, 2018   What to […]

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NY Times: What Happened at the Bronx Fire

At least 12 people were killed when a fire rushed through a five-story apartment building in the Bronx on Thursday night, New York City officials said. Four of the dead were children. The fire was caused by a 3-year-old boy playing with the knobs on a stove, city officials said. His mother ran out of […]

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Chinatown Tenants Forced Into Shelter Fear Landlord Won’t Let Them Return

Residents of 85 Bowery worry a broken staircase could be used as a pretext to evict them More than 85 people were forced out of their embattled Chinatown building last Thursday when the city declared the building unsafe — and they fear the landlord, who has been trying to evict them for years, will now […]

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RED CROSS PROVIDES FIRE SAFETY TIPS AFTER DEADLY LOVEJOY BLAZE

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Anthony Conti, 7, died after a fire engulfed his Lovejoy home Monday. His death is raising awareness about emergency preparedness, fire safety and programs in the area. “We will come into your home if you need them. We will check any smoke alarms that you have, replace batteries, install up to three […]

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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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Fire Rips Through Brooklyn Apartment

Dozens injured as fire rips through Brooklyn apartment By Joe Marino January 22, 2018 | 2:45am | Updated Modal Trigger Robert Stridiron Almost three dozen people were injured – two of them children – when a fire broke out on the first floor of a Brooklyn apartment building Sunday night, police and fire department officials said. […]

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