11 People Hurt in Williamsburg Apartment Fire, FDNY Says By Gwynne Hogan and Aidan Gardiner | November 30, 2015 10:46am TwitterFacebookEmailMore A fire broke out in a Williamsburg apartment building, officials said. DNAinfo/Gwynne Hogan WILLIAMSBURG — Eleven people suffered minor injuries when a fire erupted at a Williamsburg apartment building Monday morning just as tenants were returning from their […]
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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...How Safe Are New York City’s Fire Escapes
How Safe Are New York City’s Fire Escapes, Really? Monday, August 31, 2015, by Amy Plitt [Photos by Bob Estremera. More fire escape photos over here.] The spotlight is once again on New York City’s ubiquitous, iconic fire escapes following the tragic death of actor Kyle Jean-Baptiste, a rising Broadway star who had recently finished a run as Jean Valjean […]
Read more...Women Actually Invented Things
After posting the article below we found this in wikipedia… I am curious where people got this information about Anna Connelly having the first registered patent for a fire escape in 1887. New York City building codes required exterior balconies and stairs (referred to as fire escapes in the code) already in 1860. And numerous […]
Read more...Should Buildings Still be Built with Fire Escapes
Should Buildings Still be Built with Fire Escapes? Outdoor fire escape systems have been a familiar escape device for those living in high rise buildings for many years, but are they becoming obsolete? Buildings all over the world are beginning to lose their fire escapes and instead, are being built with internal fireproof staircases. This is due to […]
Read more...death from fire escape after drinking
METRO Barista falls to death from fire escape after drinking By Dana Sauchelli and Georgett Roberts June 16, 2015 | 1:51pm Modal Trigger Photo: Demetrius E. Loadholt A Wisconsin transplant who regularly drinks on her Manhattan rooftop with pals drunkenly slipped off the fire escape as she climbed back to her apartment and fell to her death early Tuesday […]
Read more...Keeping a Fire Escape Clear
REAL ESTATE Keeping a Fire Escape Clear MAY 23, 2015 Photo CreditMichael Kolomatsky/The New York Times Ask Real Estate is a weekly column that answers questions from across the New York region. Submit yours to realestateqa@nytimes.com. Air-Conditioner in the Way? I live in a co-op building and have an air-conditioner in my living room window, which […]
Read more...SCHENECTADY, N.Y. Fire Escape
SCHENECTADY, N.Y. (NEWS10) – Many of those displaced by the fire across from City Hall had to escape flames; one man at the Red Cross Shelter saying he barely made it out alive. PHOTOS // Fire & Ice: New York Apartment Fire “It was horrible. It was like hell on earth,” said Anthony Cortese of Schenectady. […]
Read more...Brooklyn fire in East Flatbush
Brooklyn fire in East Flatbush injures six people, including mother and 2-year-old daughter: officials BY KELDY ORTIZ , BARRY PADDOCK , DENIS SLATTERY NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Published: Saturday, March 28, 2015, 11:07 AM Updated: Saturday, March 28, 2015, 11:54 PM PreviousNext Enlarge COURTESY RICARDO WALLINGTON A fire broke out inside a three-story multi-family home in East Flatbush about 9:15 a.m. […]
Read more...Plan to Remove Greene Street Fire Escapes
Residents Fear Developer’s Plan to Remove Greene Street Fire Escapes By Danielle Tcholakian | March 18, 2015 3:11pm @danielleiat Slideshow 69 & 71-73 Greene St. SOHO — Tenants in two landmarked buildings fear for their safety because of their landlord’s plan to remove the external fire escapes from their buildings. But the architect hired by the owner of 69 […]
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