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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Allentown house fire displaces at least 20

Allentown house fire displaces at least 20; two injuries reported   Frank WarnerContact ReporterOf The Morning Call Flames broke out Friday night in the second floor of a four-story building near Seventh and Chew streets in Allentown, and drove out the residents of six apartments. The blaze was reported 8:45 p.m. at 314 N. Church […]

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Two killed in early-morning Bronx fire

Two killed in early-morning Bronx fire, officials say By Michael Herzenberg  |  March 5, 2018 @11:02 PM “I heard everybody yell, ‘Fire, fire, get out!’” Paul Madsen said he was just trying to get to sleep when one of his neighbors banged on his door. Herzenberg: What’d you see once you got out? Madsen: Just […]

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Fire kills mom and disabled daughter

Raging Brooklyn fire kills mom and disabled daughter, as 70 other residents escape The blaze, sparked by an electrical heater, raced quickly through the four-story Belmont Ave. building around 1:30 a.m., with both victims pronounced dead at Brookdale University Hospital. (Danny Iudici/for New York Daily News) BY Adam Shrier Thomas Tracy Larry Mcshane NEW YORK […]

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Thousands of NYC fire escapes rust away without inspection

  By Jim Hoffer Tuesday, February 27, 2018 06:16PM 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, […]

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