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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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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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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10 Story Building Challenges Firefighters

Small Equipment Fire on Roof of 10 Story Building Challenges Firefighters with Difficult Access – 11/08/17   At 0835 this morning fire crews were dispatched to a report of a fire at 715 SW Morrison. This is a 10 story high rise building and the fire was reported to be in a piece of equipment […]

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FDNY EVACUATES MOM AND BABY FROM BROOKLYN FIRE ESCAPE

FDNY EVACUATES MOM AND BABY FROM BROOKLYN FIRE ESCAPE Twitter photo via @NYCFireWire By NY1 News  |  November 7, 2017 @9:08 AM   City fire crews on Monday worked to quickly evacuate a mom and her infant after a fire engulfed a building in Brooklyn. Flames broke out around 3 p.m. on the second floor […]

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Tenants helped down ladders, awoken from bed by first responders

Quick work by Olean police, firefighters prevents tragedy at apartment fire Tenants helped down ladders, awoken from bed by first responders By TOM DINKI, Olean Times Herald Nov 6, 2017 OLEAN — Olean police officers and firefighters responded to 114 E. Oak St. during the early morning hours of Oct. 30 to find a scene […]

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Flowerpots on a Fire Escape?

Can a Neighbor Keep Flowerpots on a Fire Escape?     Ask Real Estate By RONDA KAYSEN OCT. 22, 2017 Q. I live in a co-op in Morningside Heights. My upstairs neighbors keep plants on their window ledges and fire escape. When they water them, the runoff streams down my windows and into my apartment […]

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Fire tears through Sanford neighborhood

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 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 […]

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