Fire tears through Sanford neighborhood, destroying apartment buildings A resident of the building where the fire started said she climbed down a fire escape to get out and was one of 4 people taken to a hospital for various reasons, including smoke inhalation. BY DENNIS HOEY STAFF WRITER AND EDWARD D. MURPHY STAFF WRITER Firefighters […]
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Man injured after jumping out third floor window to escape fire
Man injured after jumping out third floor window to escape fire. Gray Hall reports during Action News at 9 a.m. on October 14, 2017. (WPVI) ABC6 – FRANKFORD (WPVI) — A man was injured after jumping from a third floor window to escape a fire in Philadelphia’s Frankford section. Firefighters were called around 7:30 a.m. […]
Read more...14 injured as fire burns
14 injured as fire burns through Brooklyn apartment building Eyewitness News Monday, October 16, 2017 03:28PM BOROUGH PARK, Brooklyn (WABC) — Fourteen people were injured, one seriously, in an early morning fire at a Brooklyn apartment building. The three-alarm blaze broke out just before 5 a.m. Monday in a kitchen on the second […]
Read more...Man arrested after fatal apartment fire
Man arrested after fatal apartment fire in south Minneapolis POSTED: OCT 07 2017 01:04PM CDT VIDEO POSTED: OCT 08 2017 07:58AM CDT UPDATED: OCT 08 2017 08:18AM CDT MINNEAPOLIS (KMSP) – The smell of charred wood still lingers in the air at 1500 Park Avenue in Minneapolis. It’s all that remains of the apartment building where 59-year-old-Royce […]
Read more...Fire destroys apartments in North Providence
By Shiina LoSciuto and Sarah DoironPublished: October 2, 2017, 10:25 pm Updated: October 2, 2017, 10:28 pm NORTH PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) – Multiple emergency vehicles rushed to the intersection of Douglas Avenue and Mineral Spring Avenue in North Providence around 6:30 p.m. North Providence Fire Chief Edward Digiulio said one of their first responders was […]
Read more...People Jump From Windows to Escape East Portland Apartment Fire
MULTNOMAH COUNTY, Ore. — Flames forced people to jump from their windows, some from the third floor, after a fire broke out Tuesday morning at the Glendoveer Estates apartments, located on the Portland-Gresham line in Multnomah County. The fire happened about 7:15 a.m. on Tuesday. Brothers Christin and Disean Mann both jumped from the second […]
Read more...Fire Marshal: Discarded Cigarette Causes $1M Cherry Hill Blaze
CHERRY HILL — A tenant’s discarded cigarette outside his third-story apartment sparked a blaze that caused $1 million in damage to the complex and displaced him and 19 other tenants Thursday afternoon, authorities reported. Brinton Davis, the tenant of the top-floor apartment, reported the fire on the exterior deck/fire escape of his apartment about 2:42 […]
Read more...Victim on Fire Escapes Burning Trinity Bar Building in New Haven: FD
Fire broke out in apartments above Trinity Bar in New Haven Friday and one person injured in the fire is in critical condition at the hospital, according to fire officials. Officials received reports of people trapped inside the building just before 2 p.m. after seeing heavy smoke and fire coming from the building on Orange […]
Read more...Bronx Teen Takes Fatal Plunge After Going Out On Fifth-Story Fire Escape To Smoke
A 15-year-old Bronx boy fell five stories to his death Thursday morning after sneaking from his bedroom onto a fire escape, while still in his pajamas, to smoke, police said. Leonardo (Lenny) Marmolejos fell from the fire escape that runs down the back wall of his apartment building on Briggs Ave. near E. 199th St. […]
Read more...Philadelphia’s L&I Needs Your Help Locating City Fire Escapes
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Philadelphia’s Department of Licenses and Inspections is asking for your help in a public safety campaign. It’s trying to track down every fire escape in the city. City Council passed a law, last year, requiring building owners to get every fire escape on their property inspected. L&I spokesperson Karen Guss says the […]
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