Chinatown Tenants Forced Into Shelter Fear Landlord Won’t Let Them Return

Residents of 85 Bowery worry a broken staircase could be used as a pretext to evict them More than 85 people were forced out of their embattled Chinatown building last Thursday when the city declared the building unsafe — and they fear the landlord, who has been trying to evict them for years, will now […]

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RED CROSS PROVIDES FIRE SAFETY TIPS AFTER DEADLY LOVEJOY BLAZE

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Anthony Conti, 7, died after a fire engulfed his Lovejoy home Monday. His death is raising awareness about emergency preparedness, fire safety and programs in the area. “We will come into your home if you need them. We will check any smoke alarms that you have, replace batteries, install up to three […]

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Man critically injured, baby resuscitated after being pulled from fire

JERSEY CITY – Firefighters are battling a devastating blaze on Grant Avenue tonight. The four-alarm fire at 21 Grant Ave. critically injured one man and an infant needed to be resuscitated by first responders, Fire Chief Steven McGill said at the scene. Firefighters arrived at the blaze at about 7 p.m. and more than an […]

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Fire Escape Issues: Technical Bulletin #18-1: Fire Escape Stairs

Coffee Break Training Topic: Fire Escape Stairs Learning objective: The student shall be able to explain the fundamental requirements for fire escape stairs on existing buildings. Fire escape stairs may provide an alternate means of egress for existing buildings where the construction of new interior or exterior stairs is impractical. Fire escape stairs are not […]

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KCK firefighters lucky to escape with only minor injuries when upper floor collapses

KANSAS CITY, KAN. — Three firefighters were injured when a floor collapsed while they were putting out a house fire in Kansas City, Kansas. The fire happened just before 3 a.m. Sunday morning in a vacant home located in the 1600 block of North 7th Street. Thankfully all three first responders are alive and out […]

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At Least 32 People, Including Firefighters, Hurt

At Least 32 People, Including Firefighters, Hurt in Roaring Brooklyn Fire: FDNY Published at 5:35 AM EST on Jan 22, 2018 | Updated at 2:07 PM EST on Jan 22, 2018   Almost three dozen people were injured after a roaring fire that sent residents out their windows to escape broke out inside an apartment building […]

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Fire Rips Through Brooklyn Apartment

Dozens injured as fire rips through Brooklyn apartment By Joe Marino January 22, 2018 | 2:45am | Updated Modal Trigger Robert Stridiron Almost three dozen people were injured – two of them children – when a fire broke out on the first floor of a Brooklyn apartment building Sunday night, police and fire department officials said. […]

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Threat of Falling Ice Shuts Down Chicago Street

Threat of Falling Ice Shuts Down Chicago Street By Lisa Chavarria Sunday, Jan 7, 2018     A portion of a street in Chicago’s South Loop neighborhood was closed Sunday because of the threat of falling ice from a frozen-over high-rise. A broken sprinkler system on one of the upper floors of a building at 615 […]

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At Least 23 Hurt In 7-Alarm Fire In The Bronx

At Least 23 Hurt In 7-Alarm Fire In The Bronx January 2, 2018 at 5:10 pm NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Nearly two dozen residents and one firefighter were hurt in an early morning seven-alarm fire in the Bronx. The fire is believed to have started around 5:30 a.m. Tuesday in a furniture store inside a four-story […]

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AT LEAST 22 CIVILIANS, FIREFIGHER HURT IN LARGE SCALE FIRE

WTVA, NY: A fire that ripped through a four-story mix-use building in the Bronx Tuesday morning has injured at least 22 people … A fire that ripped through a four-story mix-use building in the Bronx Tuesday morning has injured at least 22 people and a firefighter, as crews battled freezing temperatures in their fight against […]

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