Fire escape collapse leaves one injured in Brewerytown

BREWERYTOWN (WPVI) — A fire escape collapsed in Philadelphia’s Brewerytown section on Tuesday, sending one person to the hospital. The Action Cam was there as a man was wheeled into an ambulance on a stretcher just after 2 p.m. Though officials aren’t releasing much information, we know it happened in an alley near 29th Street […]

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Falling debris kills 1, injures 2

Three people were injured in lower Manhattan when a step on a fire escape came loose and fell seven stories to the ground on Friday, Feb. 16, 2018, police and fire officials said. (Credit: Rajvi Desai)   Falling debris kills 1, injures 2 in lower Manhattan, FDNY says By Lauren Cook   lauren.cook@amny.com February 17, […]

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NYPD: MAN DIES AFTER PIECE OF SOHO FIRE ESCAPE FELL ONTO HIS HEAD

NYPD: MAN DIES AFTER PIECE OF SOHO FIRE ESCAPE FELL ONTO HIS HEAD By Angi Gonzalez  |  February 17, 2018 @3:46 PM     When Howard St. at Broadway finally re-opened Friday night, it was easy to see where a step fell from an escape and onto two people below. Just hours earlier, the heavy […]

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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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NY man killed by falling Fire Escape

NY man killed by falling debris from apartment building  By Ray Downs  |  Feb. 19, 2018 at 12:14 AM Members of the New York Fire Department stand outside the apartment building where a piece of a fire escape fell, killing one person and injuring another. Photo by New York Fire Department Feb. 18 (UPI) — A 58-year-old […]

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Falling debris from Soho fire escape causes injuries

Bill Farrington; Joe Diorio Falling debris from Soho fire escape causes injuries   By Stephanie Pagones, Joe Marino and Ruth Weissmann February 16, 2018 | 2:36pm | Updated   Two pedestrians strolling on a Soho street suffered “life-threatening injuries’’ Friday when they were struck by a metal fire-escape step that fell seven stories, authorities said. The […]

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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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Falling step from SoHo fire escape critically injures two people

Falling step from SoHo fire escape critically injures two people   A pair of unsuspecting SoHo pedestrians were critically injured Friday when a 150-pound metal fire escape step plunged seven stories onto their heads, officials said. “The girl wasn’t moving,” eyewitness Imola Kobar, 41, told the Daily News. “It was just horrible. Their heads were […]

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EXCLUSIVE: 7 On Your Side Investigates: Thousands of New York City fire escapes rust away without inspection

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, inspector and founder of the National Fire Escape Association, […]

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