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Overdue fire inspections:

Lm2December 30, 2022December 30, 2022

2 major fires just miles apart

Lm2December 2, 2022December 2, 2022

You have just 2 minutes to escape a burning home, Fire Protection Association says By: Anthony SabellaPosted at 8:21 AM, Oct 13, 2022and last updated 2:39 PM, Oct 13, 2022 When a home catches fire, every second counts for the family inside trying to escape. For the 2022 edition of Fire Prevention Week, the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) […]

When Top-Floor Fire Escape Landings Are Your Only Option

Lm2September 15, 2022September 15, 2022

FDNY: Woman, Baby Rescued From Fire Escape

Lm2September 7, 2022September 7, 2022

Five people were taken to local hospitals after a fire broke Tuesday evening out on the second floor of a three-story apartment building in Queens, according to the FDNY. Five people were taken to local hospitals after a fire broke out Tuesday evening on the second floor of a three-story apartment building in Queens, prompting […]

So many fire escapes in Boston haven’t been inspected. This puts occupants and buyers at risk…

Lm2February 11, 2022September 6, 2022

Cisco Meneses Expert Witness Fire Escape Collapse Boston – Interviewed WCVB NEWS Jim Morrison — Boston.com Correspondent February 9, 2022 11:27 am On July 22, 1975, in Boston, 19-year-old Diana Bryant and her 2-year-old goddaughter Tiare Jones fled a blaze in a Marlborough Street building by climbing onto the fire escape. It collapsed before […]

15 people hurt in Washington Heights

Lm2November 10, 2021November 10, 2021

A fire broke out inside a Washington Heights building with a clutter condition. WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, Manhattan (WABC) — Fifteen people were injured in a fire Tuesday morning in a Washington Heights apartment building. The fire broke out in a first-floor apartment on West 186th Street just before 6:45 a.m. Fifteen residents were being treated for […]

Man falls to death on icy Fire Escape

Lm2February 3, 2020February 4, 2020

Man falls off Bronx fire escape, plunges to his death By KERRY BURKE, GRAHAM RAYMAN and JOHN ANNESENEW YORK DAILY NEWS |DEC 05, 2019 | 2:35 PM A Bronx restaurant delivery worker fell to his death from the fire escape of his Bronx apartment building early Thursday, and his distraught family is demanding answers. Police believe […]

landlady and two contractors are sentenced to up to 12 years

Lm2January 20, 2020May 26, 2020

‘Developers and property owners across the City should keep today’s sentencing in mind as New York’s building boom continues into 2020,’ said District Attorney Vance.

‘If you cut corners based on expediency and profit and kill or injure New Yorkers in the process, you are engaging in criminal conduct and my office will seek significant prison time.

Five Injured in Apartment Fire Bensonhurst

Lm2January 15, 2020February 4, 2020

Five Injured in Bensonhurst Apartment Fire RACHEL LINDY BARONJANUARY 14, 2020 @4:51 PM Woman escaping Bensonhurst fire. Courtesy of LoudLabs. BENSONHURST — A column of thick, black smoke billowed from a Bensonhurst apartment building yesterday morning. FDNY received the call of a fire at 2402 Benson Avenue, near 24th Avenue, at 9:06 […]