Jersey City apartment complex where fire escape snapped cited for safety violations Residents say rusted fire escape steps gave way beneath their feet as they fled a 2-alarm fire in a 4-story apartment building at 500 Garfield Ave. in Jersey City on Monday, June 15, 2015. Reena Rose Sibayan | The Jersey Journal Reena Rose […]
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FIRE ESCAPE COLLAPSES AS RESIDENTS ESCAPE FIRE IN JERSEY CITY
NEWS FIRE ESCAPE COLLAPSES AS RESIDENTS ESCAPE FIRE IN JERSEY CITY Jim Dolan has the story in Jersey City. By Jim Dolan Tuesday, June 16, 2015 09:23AM JERSEY CITY (WABC) — Residents at an apartment house in New Jersey are lucky to be alive. The fire escape that was supposed to be […]
Read more...death from fire escape after drinking
METRO Barista falls to death from fire escape after drinking By Dana Sauchelli and Georgett Roberts June 16, 2015 | 1:51pm Modal Trigger Photo: Demetrius E. Loadholt A Wisconsin transplant who regularly drinks on her Manhattan rooftop with pals drunkenly slipped off the fire escape as she climbed back to her apartment and fell to her death early Tuesday […]
Read more...Keeping a Fire Escape Clear
REAL ESTATE Keeping a Fire Escape Clear MAY 23, 2015 Photo CreditMichael Kolomatsky/The New York Times Ask Real Estate is a weekly column that answers questions from across the New York region. Submit yours to realestateqa@nytimes.com. Air-Conditioner in the Way? I live in a co-op building and have an air-conditioner in my living room window, which […]
Read more...City Council To Consider Mandatory Fire Escape Inspections
City Council To Consider Mandatory Fire Escape Inspections Following Deadly Collapse Last Year (Credit: Justin Udo) Mike Dunn By Mike Dunn PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — A deadly fire escape collapse in Center City 18 months ago has prompted a proposal in City Council to require building owners to have their fire escapes inspected every five years. Councilman Curtis Jones […]
Read more...SCHENECTADY, N.Y. Fire Escape
SCHENECTADY, N.Y. (NEWS10) – Many of those displaced by the fire across from City Hall had to escape flames; one man at the Red Cross Shelter saying he barely made it out alive. PHOTOS // Fire & Ice: New York Apartment Fire “It was horrible. It was like hell on earth,” said Anthony Cortese of Schenectady. […]
Read more...Brooklyn fire in East Flatbush
Brooklyn fire in East Flatbush injures six people, including mother and 2-year-old daughter: officials BY KELDY ORTIZ , BARRY PADDOCK , DENIS SLATTERY NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Published: Saturday, March 28, 2015, 11:07 AM Updated: Saturday, March 28, 2015, 11:54 PM PreviousNext Enlarge COURTESY RICARDO WALLINGTON A fire broke out inside a three-story multi-family home in East Flatbush about 9:15 a.m. […]
Read more...Housing inspectors seek legal action
Photo: Santiago Mejia, The Chronicle Senior housing inspector Jamie Sanbonmatsu points out merchandise blocking an emergency ladder in the Mission District, where apartment buildings are being scrutinized. A fire ladder is blocked in the Mission, where apartments are being checked. Housing inspectors are seeking legal action against the owners of three apartment buildings in […]
Read more...Plan to Remove Greene Street Fire Escapes
Residents Fear Developer’s Plan to Remove Greene Street Fire Escapes By Danielle Tcholakian | March 18, 2015 3:11pm @danielleiat Slideshow 69 & 71-73 Greene St. SOHO — Tenants in two landmarked buildings fear for their safety because of their landlord’s plan to remove the external fire escapes from their buildings. But the architect hired by the owner of 69 […]
Read more...Woman Stranded on an East Village Fire Escape
Meet the Drummer Who Rescued Woman Stranded on an East Village Fire Escape By James Fanelli and Danielle Tcholakian | March 27, 2015 3:27pm Austin Branda, a humble East Village drummer, bounded up a fire escape to save a stranded resident after Thursday’s explosion. View Full Caption DNAinfo New York/Danielle Tcholakian NEW YORK CITY — When Austin Branda […]
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