Fire renders Montclair building uninhabitable

Fire renders Montclair building uninhabitable FEBRUARY 1, 2016    LAST UPDATED: MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2016, 6:38 PM BY NICHOLAS KATZBAN STAFF WRITER | THE MONTCLAIR TIMES A three-alarm fire caused extensive damage to a mixed-use building in Montclair’s Central Business District this past Saturday, closing businesses, displacing residents and sending two people to the hospital. STAFF PHOTO […]

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Two adults, one child die in East St. Louis house fire

Two adults, one child die in East St. Louis house fire   Fatal House Fire Sunday In East St Louis snagy@bnd.com BY CAROLYN P. SMITH csmith@bnd.com LINKEDIN GOOGLE+ PINTEREST REDDIT PRINT ORDER REPRINT OF THIS STORY EAST ST. LOUIS  Two adults and a small child died in a house fire Sunday in the 2000 block of […]

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Bronx Apartment Building Fire Leaves 1 Dead, 3 Injured

Bronx Apartment Building Fire Leaves 1 Dead, 3 Injured   January 3, 2016 1:08 PM Filed Under: Fires, Ilana Gold, James Turtein, Wakefield NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — One man was killed and three other people were rushed to the hospital with minor injuries after a fire broke out early Sunday morning at a Bronx apartment complex, authorities said. The blaze started […]

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6 HURT AS FIRE BURNS

6 HURT AS FIRE BURNS THROUGH HOME IN ELMHURST, QUEENS   Kala Rama has the latest on Monday morning’s fire in Elmhurst that left six people hurt. Eyewitness News Monday, December 07, 2015 12:26PM ELMHURST, QUEENS (WABC) — Six residents were injured, one seriously burned, in a second alarm house fire in the Elmhurst section […]

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11 People Hurt in Williamsburg Apartment Fire

11 People Hurt in Williamsburg Apartment Fire, FDNY Says By Gwynne Hogan and Aidan Gardiner  | November 30, 2015 10:46am TwitterFacebookEmailMore A fire broke out in a Williamsburg apartment building, officials said. DNAinfo/Gwynne Hogan WILLIAMSBURG — Eleven people suffered minor injuries when a fire erupted at a Williamsburg apartment building Monday morning just as tenants were returning from their […]

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THE DANGERS OF FIRE ESCAPES

THE DANGERS OF FIRE ESCAPES 09/30/2015 By Thomas N. Warren Fire escapes have been part of building construction and the fire service since the late 1800s. Fire escapes were originally intended to provide a second means of egress from a building in the event of a fire when the primary means of escape—internal stairwells—were compromised […]

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Buildings checked for code violations

Housing inspectors sweep through student enclaves Buildings checked for code violations DINA RUDICK/GLOBE STAFF Inspectional Services chief William Christopher and spokeswoman Lisa Timberlake examined a dwelling on Chester Street in Allston where inspectors found more than 30 violations on Sunday. By Milton J. Valencia and Jan Ransom GLOBE STAFF  AUGUST 30, 2015 Students have begun arriving in Boston’s college […]

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5 injured in Yonkers apartment fire

5 injured in Yonkers apartment fire Matt Coyne, mcoyne@lohud.com 3:47 p.m. EDT August 28, 2015 (Photo: Yonkers Fire Department)  1CONNECTTWEETLINKEDIN 1COMMENTEMAILMORE YONKERS – An overloaded power strip caused a fire that injured five people in a Yonkers apartment building early Friday. Two residents were plucked from a sixth-floor fire escape when a blaze broke out in their apartment shortly […]

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Apartments condemned after fire

Apartments condemned after fire BY KELLY MONITZ Published: August 28, 2015 West Hazleton officials condemned the second-floor apartments where a small fire occurred Wednesday evening, displacing more than a dozen people, an assistant chief with the borough fire department said Thursday. Era Gould said the fire was contained to a small porch and fire escape […]

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Teen falls to his death from fire escape

Teen falls to his death from fire escape on Uptown condo building 16-year-old Blake Fannin fell to his death while on the well-worn escape late at night; a friend with him was not hurt. By Paul Walsh Star Tribune AUGUST 27, 2015 — 4:54PM FAMILY SUBMISSION:  Blake Fannin One of two teenage boys exploring a well-worn fire […]

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