Two adults, one child die in East St. Louis house fire Fatal House Fire Sunday In East St Louis snagy@bnd.com BY CAROLYN P. SMITH csmith@bnd.com LINKEDIN GOOGLE+ PINTEREST REDDIT PRINT ORDER REPRINT OF THIS STORY EAST ST. LOUIS Two adults and a small child died in a house fire Sunday in the 2000 block of […]
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6 HURT AS FIRE BURNS
6 HURT AS FIRE BURNS THROUGH HOME IN ELMHURST, QUEENS Kala Rama has the latest on Monday morning’s fire in Elmhurst that left six people hurt. Eyewitness News Monday, December 07, 2015 12:26PM ELMHURST, QUEENS (WABC) — Six residents were injured, one seriously burned, in a second alarm house fire in the Elmhurst section […]
Read more...THE DANGERS OF FIRE ESCAPES
THE DANGERS OF FIRE ESCAPES 09/30/2015 By Thomas N. Warren Fire escapes have been part of building construction and the fire service since the late 1800s. Fire escapes were originally intended to provide a second means of egress from a building in the event of a fire when the primary means of escape—internal stairwells—were compromised […]
Read more...Buildings checked for code violations
Housing inspectors sweep through student enclaves Buildings checked for code violations DINA RUDICK/GLOBE STAFF Inspectional Services chief William Christopher and spokeswoman Lisa Timberlake examined a dwelling on Chester Street in Allston where inspectors found more than 30 violations on Sunday. By Milton J. Valencia and Jan Ransom GLOBE STAFF AUGUST 30, 2015 Students have begun arriving in Boston’s college […]
Read more...5 injured in Yonkers apartment fire
5 injured in Yonkers apartment fire Matt Coyne, mcoyne@lohud.com 3:47 p.m. EDT August 28, 2015 (Photo: Yonkers Fire Department) 1CONNECTTWEETLINKEDIN 1COMMENTEMAILMORE YONKERS – An overloaded power strip caused a fire that injured five people in a Yonkers apartment building early Friday. Two residents were plucked from a sixth-floor fire escape when a blaze broke out in their apartment shortly […]
Read more...Apartments condemned after fire
Apartments condemned after fire BY KELLY MONITZ Published: August 28, 2015 West Hazleton officials condemned the second-floor apartments where a small fire occurred Wednesday evening, displacing more than a dozen people, an assistant chief with the borough fire department said Thursday. Era Gould said the fire was contained to a small porch and fire escape […]
Read more...Teen falls to his death from fire escape
Teen falls to his death from fire escape on Uptown condo building 16-year-old Blake Fannin fell to his death while on the well-worn escape late at night; a friend with him was not hurt. By Paul Walsh Star Tribune AUGUST 27, 2015 — 4:54PM FAMILY SUBMISSION: Blake Fannin One of two teenage boys exploring a well-worn fire […]
Read more...Building Declared Public Nuisance
Marseilles Main Street building declared public nuisance Steve Stout The only three-story building in the Marseilles’ downtown area at 430-432 Main St. was declared a public nuisance by City Council commissioners Wednesday night. Posted: Wednesday, August 19, 2015 10:16 pm | Updated: 10:54 pm, Wed Aug 19, 2015. Steve Stout, steves@mywebtimes.com, 815-431-4082 | 0 comments A Main Street building in Marseilles — […]
Read more...Tenants evacuated from Hartford apartment building again
Tenants evacuated from Hartford apartment building again as safety concerns linger POSTED 10:35 PM, AUGUST 11, 2015, BY LAUREN VICTORY, UPDATED AT 10:51PM, AUGUST 11, 2015 HARTFORD — Tenants at the Spring Street Apartments were greeted by Hartford police and officials with the city’s Licenses and Inspections Department late Tuesday afternoon and told they needed to evacuate the […]
Read more...Questions arise about evacuation plan
Questions arise about evacuation plan for new Paterson school location AUGUST 10, 2015, 7:18 PM LAST UPDATED: MONDAY, AUGUST 10, 2015, 7:29 PM BY JOE MALINCONICO PATERSON PRESS CHRIS MONROE/SPECIAL TO THE RECORD Exterior of the new HARP Academy on Colt Street in Paterson. PATERSON – Some local officials are questioning whether the downtown office […]
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