CBS 2 – March 31, 2016 NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — Dozens of residents have been displaced by a massive fire that spread to four residential buildings in Brooklyn. Early Wednesday morning, crews were still putting out hot spots and keeping a close watch on the smoldering structures on DeKalb Avenue in Bushwick. “There is a […]
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Raging Fire Engulfs Row Houses in Brooklyn; 11 Injured: FDNY
WNBC 4 – March 31, 2016 A roaring fire spread to five row houses in Brooklyn Tuesday night, injuring 11 people and leaving many more without homes. The fire was first reported at 9:51 p.m. at a residential building on DeKalb Avenue, between Wilson and Knickbocker avenues, in Bushwick. By 10:30 p.m., five residential buildings […]
CSEA Joins Police and Fire Unions Backing GOPer for Skelos Seat
Chief Leader – March 29, 2016 by MARK TOOR The Civil Service Employees Association last week endorsed a Republican first-time political candidate in a special election to fill the seat of disgraced former State Senate Republican Leader Dean Skelos. ‘Leads by Example’ “Chris McGrath leads by example in his life and in his community,” CSEA […]
Next Firefighter Exam Won’t Have Questions Dealing With the Job UFA President Skeptical of Its ‘Reading, Listening and Problem-Solving’ Focus
Chief Leader – March 29, 2016 by RICHARD STEIER The hiring exam for Firefighter the city plans to give next year will not include questions designed to gauge candidates’ knowledge of the profession, according to a spokeswoman for the city’s testing agency. That plan, which appears to go beyond the 2012 exam that reportedly included […]
Man Who Did His Own Electrical Work Dies in Fire: Officials
NY Post – March 29, 2016 by Kevin Sheehan and Daniel Prendergast An 88-year-old Queens man who insisted on doing his own electrical work was killed when a fire ripped through his home early Sunday, officials and neighbors said. It took more than 60 firefighters several hours to beat down the 4:30 a.m. blaze at […]
Man, 88, Killed in Queens House Fire; Dozens of Firefighters Help to Extinguish Flames
NY Daily News – March 28, 2016 by Keldy Ortiz A fire broke out inside a Queens home early Sunday, killing an 88-year-old man, witnesses and FDNY officials said. The fire started on the first floor of a home on 87th St. and 25th Ave. in Elmhurst at 4:30 a.m., said FDNY Battalion Chief Frank […]
Washington Heights Blaze Sparked by Candle Leaves Four People Injured, Two Families Homeless
NY Daily News – March 28, 2016 by Keldy Ortiz, Thomas Tracy A massive Washington Heights fire started by a knocked-over candle early Saturday left four people hospitalized and two families homeless, officials said. The candle sparked a blaze inside a sixth-floor apartment in the building on W. 151st St. near Broadway after it was […]
Massive Park Slope Apartment Fire Injures Two People, Destroys Entire Building
NY Daily News – March 28, 2016 by Thomas Tracy Two people were injured by a fast-moving fire that ripped through a Brooklyn apartment building Saturday, officials said. Blistering flames erupted through the aluminum-sided facade of the building on 12th St. near Fourth Ave. in Park Slope soon after fire broke out about 12:50 p.m. […]
Cops, Fireman Turn into Reptile Hunters in Queens
NY Post – March 25, 2016 by Natalie Musumeci and Kenneth Garger Firefighters rescued a plucky pet iguana from a Queens blaze — but they weren’t about to take it back to their station house. The 3-foot-long lizard was found in the attic of a Jamaica home that caught fire at 10:32 a.m. Wednesday. The […]
Elmhurst, Queens, House Fire Claims Third Victim
NY Daily News – March 25, 2016 by Chauncey Alcorn, Thomas Tracy, Graham Rayman A house fire in Queens has claimed the life of a third person, and FDNY officials now say the raging flames were sparked by a discarded cigarette. The blaze broke out late Monday on the second floor of a two-story brick […]
