Man found on fire escape with bag of burglary tools: Cops

By Caitlin Mota The Jersey Journal JERSEY CITY — A 27-year-old man was found climbing a fire escape with a backpack full of burglary tools in Downtown, authorities said. Casey Collado was arrested on Wednesday after a brief foot pursuit with plain clothes officers, a police report of the incident indicates. At about 12:20 a.m., […]

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Massive party in Denton ends with floor collapsing into apartment below

A jam-packed apartment party in Denton ended abruptly Sunday morning when the floor went crashing into the apartment below. The incident was caught on video from multiple angles. People at the party, many of them UNT students, had to crawl from the empty second-floor apartment, back to the third. Somehow, injuries were minor. Videos show […]

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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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FIRE ESCAPE PLANS FOR APARTMENTS

Fire Escape Plans For Apartments GOLDEN TRIANGLE, Miss. (WCBI) – Two big fires at two apartment complexes destroy people’s lives this past weekend, but no one died. One happened in Starkville and the other in Vernon, Alabama. It was a close call for residents, but it’s why firefighters say you should have an escape plan. […]

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That Flowerpot on the Fire Escape Could Be a Killer

Oct. 24, 2017 — Ignore house rules and city and state laws at your peril. Ah, the perils and pitfalls of cooperative living. A shareholder in a co-op in Morningside Heights possesses a green thumb, evidenced by the flourishing potted plants on his window ledges and fire escape. When he waters his plants, alas, the […]

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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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Fire destroys apartments in North Providence

By Shiina LoSciuto and Sarah DoironPublished: October 2, 2017, 10:25 pm Updated: October 2, 2017, 10:28 pm NORTH PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) – Multiple emergency vehicles rushed to the intersection of Douglas Avenue and Mineral Spring Avenue in North Providence around 6:30 p.m. North Providence Fire Chief Edward Digiulio said one of their first responders was […]

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