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...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...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...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 […]
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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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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 […]
Read more...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 […]
Read more...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, […]
Read more...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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