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 […]
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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...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 […]
Read more...Jersey City man who fell to his death (from Fire Escape)
Authorities release name of Jersey City man who fell to his death A 74-year-old Jersey City man who was cleaning a fire escape died after the counterweight from the fire escape’s ladder broke loose, struck him on the head and sent him falling to the ground this morning, officials said. At 11:30 […]
Read more...Mom plunges from fire escape when step breaks loose
Mom steps out for fresh air, plunges from fire escape By Kevin Fasick and Natasha Velez May 8, 2014 | 2:24pm Modal Trigger Judy Rivera fell from her building’s fire escape.Photo: Seth Gottfried A Manhattan mom stepped out onto her fire escape for some fresh air — and it nearly killed her when she reached a faulty step and […]
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Roughly 100 buildings in the Springs have fire escapes. Are any of them safe? By Pam Zubeck @PZubeck J. Adrian Stanley The Tejon Street fire escape was blocked off last week. Editor’s note: This story was updated Friday, Sept. 26, to eliminate a reference to Patricia Cortez seeking damages from Colorado Springs’ city government; her lawyers […]
Read more...Fatal Philly fire escape collapse
_ Leonia man identified as victim in fatal Philly fire escape collapse PHILADELPHIA — The 22-year-old man who died after a fire escape collapsed at a historic Center City building on Sunday morning was identified by authorities Monday as Leonia resident Albert Suh. According to the Associated Press, Suh and two women, ages 25 and 26, […]
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