County examines expensive, dangerous fire escape

  One of the fire escapes at the Wapello County Courthouse goes to the third-floor main courtroom. Tests revealed the staircase is not safe. OTTUMWA — There are ways to leave the courthouse during a fire. Just don’t flee by the fire escape — it isn’t safe. The metal stairs outside several Wapello County Courthouse […]

Read more...

Hamilton Heights fire engulfs roof of apartment building, injures nine, officials say

A fire that heavily damaged a Hamilton Heights apartment building Friday, displacing residents and sending a massive plume of smoke into the sky, is finally under control Saturday morning. The six-alarm fire broke out at 565 W. 144th St., near Broadway, just before 3:15 p.m., according to fire officials. High winds caused the rapid spread […]

Read more...

Man found on fire escape with bag of burglary tools: Cops

By Caitlin Mota The Jersey Journal JERSEY CITY — A 27-year-old man was found climbing a fire escape with a backpack full of burglary tools in Downtown, authorities said. Casey Collado was arrested on Wednesday after a brief foot pursuit with plain clothes officers, a police report of the incident indicates. At about 12:20 a.m., […]

Read more...

Massive party in Denton ends with floor collapsing into apartment below

A jam-packed apartment party in Denton ended abruptly Sunday morning when the floor went crashing into the apartment below. The incident was caught on video from multiple angles. People at the party, many of them UNT students, had to crawl from the empty second-floor apartment, back to the third. Somehow, injuries were minor. Videos show […]

Read more...

Fire kills 2 in Dyker Heights, arson suspected

Fire kills 2 in Dyker Heights, arson suspected   POSTED 9:04 PM, NOVEMBER 9, 2017, BY MYLES MILLER DYKER HEIGHTS, Brooklyn — Roaring flames burst from the windows of an apartment building in Dyker Heights where two people died in a fire that’s being investigated as arson, sources said. The fast moving fire was deliberately set […]

Read more...

Tenants helped down ladders, awoken from bed by first responders

Quick work by Olean police, firefighters prevents tragedy at apartment fire Tenants helped down ladders, awoken from bed by first responders By TOM DINKI, Olean Times Herald Nov 6, 2017 OLEAN — Olean police officers and firefighters responded to 114 E. Oak St. during the early morning hours of Oct. 30 to find a scene […]

Read more...

FIRE ESCAPE PLANS FOR APARTMENTS

Fire Escape Plans For Apartments GOLDEN TRIANGLE, Miss. (WCBI) – Two big fires at two apartment complexes destroy people’s lives this past weekend, but no one died. One happened in Starkville and the other in Vernon, Alabama. It was a close call for residents, but it’s why firefighters say you should have an escape plan. […]

Read more...

That Flowerpot on the Fire Escape Could Be a Killer

Oct. 24, 2017 — Ignore house rules and city and state laws at your peril. Ah, the perils and pitfalls of cooperative living. A shareholder in a co-op in Morningside Heights possesses a green thumb, evidenced by the flourishing potted plants on his window ledges and fire escape. When he waters his plants, alas, the […]

Read more...

Man arrested after fatal apartment fire

Man arrested after fatal apartment fire in south Minneapolis POSTED: OCT 07 2017 01:04PM CDT VIDEO POSTED: OCT 08 2017 07:58AM CDT UPDATED: OCT 08 2017 08:18AM CDT   MINNEAPOLIS (KMSP) – The smell of charred wood still lingers in the air at 1500 Park Avenue in Minneapolis. It’s all that remains of the apartment building where 59-year-old-Royce […]

Read more...

Fire destroys apartments in North Providence

By Shiina LoSciuto and Sarah DoironPublished: October 2, 2017, 10:25 pm Updated: October 2, 2017, 10:28 pm NORTH PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) – Multiple emergency vehicles rushed to the intersection of Douglas Avenue and Mineral Spring Avenue in North Providence around 6:30 p.m. North Providence Fire Chief Edward Digiulio said one of their first responders was […]

Read more...