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 […]
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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 […]
Read more...Philly fire escape law not being followed
Expert says Philly fire escape law not being followed By Tom MacDonald April 25, 2017 This 2014 file photo shows a fourth-floor fire escape landing in Rittenhouse which collapsed with three people standing on it, killing one. (Emma Lee/WHYY, file) A deadline is rapidly approaching for inspecting every fire escape in Philadelphia. The requirement took […]
Read more...Fire Escapes are “Ticking Time Bombs”
Many City Fire Escapes are “Ticking Time Bombs” By Kelly Bayliss Published Feb 26, 2014 at 3:55 PM | Updated at 3:02 AM EST on Feb 27, 2014 In the wake of last month’s fatal fire escape collapse that killed a 22-year-old man and injured two women, Philadelphia residents are concerned about the safety of […]
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Danger Growing In New York’s Fire Escapes
The Hidden Danger Growing In New York’s Fire Escapes November 13, 2018 at 11:55 pm NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Fire escapes are literally part of the fabric of New York City. In some instances they even become an ad hoc extension of our limited living spaces. But CBS2 is demanding answers after a shocking tour revealed […]
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Fire Escapes today nationwide – Not ready for it’s intended use
Not ready for it’s intended use, Fire Escapes today nationwide. Most people do not think about exiting the building they’re in in the case of an emergency. Even in their own homes most do not come up with a fire escape plan. Therefor it would probably never cross their minds that the fire escape on […]
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