Raging Brooklyn fire kills mom and disabled daughter, as 70 other residents escape The blaze, sparked by an electrical heater, raced quickly through the four-story Belmont Ave. building around 1:30 a.m., with both victims pronounced dead at Brookdale University Hospital. (Danny Iudici/for New York Daily News) BY Adam Shrier Thomas Tracy Larry Mcshane NEW YORK […]
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Thousands of NYC fire escapes rust away without inspection
By Jim Hoffer Tuesday, February 27, 2018 06:16PM NEW YORK CITY (WABC) — When a step fell seven stories from a SoHo building’s fire escape two weeks ago, it struck a man walking below in the head, killing him. The incident also exposed the city’s weak oversight of these aging steel structures. Cisco Meneses, […]
Read more...Wood Plunges Construction Site, Hits Girl in Head
Wood Plunges From NYC Construction Site, Hits Girl in Head The 8-year-old girl, named Tatiana, needed staples to her head but is expected to be OK, according to her family By Adam Kuperstein Published at 2:44 PM EST on Feb 23, 2018 | Updated at 6:50 PM EST on Feb 23, 2018 What to […]
Read more...NY Times: What Happened at the Bronx Fire
At least 12 people were killed when a fire rushed through a five-story apartment building in the Bronx on Thursday night, New York City officials said. Four of the dead were children. The fire was caused by a 3-year-old boy playing with the knobs on a stove, city officials said. His mother ran out of […]
Read more...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 […]
Read more...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 […]
Read more...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 […]
Read more...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. […]
Read more...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 […]
Read more...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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