Two men were critically injured Tuesday in the collapse of a third-floor fire escape landing in West Philadelphia, police said.
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National Fire Escape In The News
Woman Critical after fire escape fall
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NFPA Fire Escape Plan for Fire Prevention Week
The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) has announced “Not Every Hero Wears a Cape. Plan and Practice Your Escape!” as the theme for Fire Prevention Week.
Read more...Here’s why you don’t see many fire escapes in Denver
It might ease your mom’s concerns. A fire escape in North Capitol Hill. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite) David SachsYesterday, 1:00 p.m Let’s answer an obscure question about your city. My editor, Ashley, asked me to find out why Denver doesn’t seem to have fire escapes, so I went to find the real answer instead of pretending I […]
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By Carrie Bradon | May 6, 2019
PITTSBURGH – An East Pittsburgh man is suing the owner and operator of his apartment over allegations it failed to maintain the fire escape.
Dominic C. Pennick filed a complaint on April 23 in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas against Donda Development Inc. alleging negligence.
According to the complaint, the plaintiff alleges on May 17, 2018, he was attempting to use the fire escape at the back of the apartment building to retrieve his neighbor’s garbage and he fell through the rusty escape and was injured.
The plaintiff alleges his fall was a result of the defendant’s failure to properly maintain the fire escape.
The plaintiff is seeking all reasonable sums due and court costs. The plaintiff is represented by Wayne M. Chiurazzi of The Chiurazzi Law Group.
Woman sues over husband’s death from falling fire escape
By Priscilla DeGregory March 19, 2019 | 5:35pm | Updated Enlarge Image Richard MarchhartSupplied A widow has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the owners of a Soho building where a metal fire escape step fell seven stories striking her husband in the head and killing him. Andrea Marchhart, 57, filed the suit this week, just over a year after her husband, Richard […]
Read more...Brooklyn Fire Spurs Tenant Pleas To Fix Faulty Heat
A fire at 82 Rockaway Parkway left three people wounded over the weekend and tenants say dangerous building conditions are to blame. BROWNSVILLE, BROOKLYN — Three people were hurt when a fire erupted in a crumbling Brownsville apartment complex last weekend and now tenants are demanding the landlord fix building problems they say put their […]
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fire in apartment building – Germantown Philadelphia.
Tuesday, January 22, 2019 05:04PMPHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — Residents ran out into the frigid cold after a fire broke out in an apartment building in the Germantown section of Philadelphia. The trees surrounding the building now look like icicles, and cars parked on the street are covered in ice, after firefighters doused the building with water to […]
Read more...Burned Thurston Road building a total loss
December 10, 2018 07:07 PM Fire destroyed an apartment building at 440 Thurston Road on Monday, leaving the building a total loss that had to be demolished. Fire ripped through the old building that housed 28 apartments. Only nine apartments were rented. The fire started around 8:30 a.m. waking people out of their sleep and […]
Read more...Owner of building with rotting fire escape hit with 48 violations
By Michaelangelo Conte The Jersey Journal The owner of a Jersey City building where a rusted, rotting fire escape snapped beneath the feet of residents fleeing a fire Monday has been slapped with 48 fire code violations, Jersey City officials said. The owner of 500 Garfield Ave., a management company in Clifton, was cited for failure to properly maintain […]
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