Expert Says Rotted Boston Fire Escapes Are ‘Landmines Ready To Explode’ BOSTON (CBS) — WBZ-TV has discovered troubling information about a recent fire escape collapse in the Fenway neighborhood. Two people were hurt when they fell to the ground. The owner has not filed a required safety inspection certificate since at least the late 1980’s, […]
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How Safe Are Fire Escapes in NY
New Yorkers often treat these archaic means of egress as their own private balcony, but should they? By Jeremiah Budin Sep 18, 2018, 11:34am EDTSHARE Max Touhey New York City is full of peculiar phenomena—rickety fire escapes; 100-year-old subway tunnels; air conditionerspropped perilously into window frames—that can strike fear into the heart of even the […]
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5 Things to know about Fire Escape NY
One of the most memorable appearances of an NYC fire escape was in West Side Story. The movie West Side Story is a riff on Romeo and Juliet set in the Lincoln Square neighborhood of New York’s Upper West Side in the 1950s, so it fits that the star-crossed lovers court each other not from a balcony, but a New York fire escape. […]
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West PA Residents Questioning Fire Escape Safety
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Residents are questioning the safety of the building after two people were critically injured when a fire escape balcony collapsed at an apartment complex in West Philadelphia on Tuesday morning. It happened at Lexington Apartments on the 4200 block of Chester Avenue, shortly after 10 a.m. According to police, two men were […]
Read more...Here’s why you don’t see many fire escapes in Denver
It might ease your mom’s concerns. A fire escape in North Capitol Hill. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite) David SachsYesterday, 1:00 p.m Let’s answer an obscure question about your city. My editor, Ashley, asked me to find out why Denver doesn’t seem to have fire escapes, so I went to find the real answer instead of pretending I […]
Read more...Owner of building with rotting fire escape hit with 48 violations
By Michaelangelo Conte The Jersey Journal The owner of a Jersey City building where a rusted, rotting fire escape snapped beneath the feet of residents fleeing a fire Monday has been slapped with 48 fire code violations, Jersey City officials said. The owner of 500 Garfield Ave., a management company in Clifton, was cited for failure to properly maintain […]
Read more...Philly fire escape law not being followed
Expert says Philly fire escape law not being followed By Tom MacDonald April 25, 2017 This 2014 file photo shows a fourth-floor fire escape landing in Rittenhouse which collapsed with three people standing on it, killing one. (Emma Lee/WHYY, file) A deadline is rapidly approaching for inspecting every fire escape in Philadelphia. The requirement took […]
Read more...Fire Escapes are “Ticking Time Bombs”
Many City Fire Escapes are “Ticking Time Bombs” By Kelly Bayliss Published Feb 26, 2014 at 3:55 PM | Updated at 3:02 AM EST on Feb 27, 2014 In the wake of last month’s fatal fire escape collapse that killed a 22-year-old man and injured two women, Philadelphia residents are concerned about the safety of […]
Read more...Falling debris kills 1, injures 2
Three people were injured in lower Manhattan when a step on a fire escape came loose and fell seven stories to the ground on Friday, Feb. 16, 2018, police and fire officials said. (Credit: Rajvi Desai) Falling debris kills 1, injures 2 in lower Manhattan, FDNY says By Lauren Cook lauren.cook@amny.com February 17, […]
Read more...Pedestrian Struck by falling fire escape piece – has died
PEDESTRIAN STRUCK Man dies after piece of fire escape fell 7 stories in SoHo By Tim Fleischer Sunday, February 18, 2018 10:17AM SOHO, Manhattan (WABC) — A man has died after a piece of a fire escape fell seven stories in Manhattan Friday afternoon. Two other people were injured in the accident, one […]
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