The fire broke out late Saturday at a home in the Queens Village neighborhood. By Daniel Hampton, Patch Staff | Apr 29, 2018 11:32 am ET | Updated Apr 29, 2018 12:06 pm ET QUEENS, NY — Three people are dead after a massive fire swept through a home in Queens, fire officials said. The blaze began late Saturday in the […]
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Blood cancer precursor found in 9/11 firefighters
Amit K. Verma, M.B.B.S. Credit: Albert Einstein College of Medicine A study in today’s issue of JAMA Oncology reports that New York City firefighters exposed to the 9/11 World Trade Center disaster site face an increased risk for developing myeloma precursor disease (MGUS), which can lead to the blood cancer multiple myeloma. The study was conducted by […]
IN THE JOURNALS PLUS World Trade Center responders may face increased cancer burden, elevated myeloma risk
SHOW CITATION April 26, 2018 C. Ola Landgren Rescue and recovery workers who responded to the World Trade Center site after 9/11 will experience a greater cancer burden over the next 20 years than a demographically similar population, according to research published in JAMA Oncology. The study projected incidence of prostate cancer, thyroid cancer and melanoma among […]
FDNY firefighter who died after 1935 blaze finally getting recognition from city
Thomas O’Brien’s name will finally be added to the FDNY’s memorial wall in downtown Brooklyn. He died a day after fighting a Chelsea fire in 1935. (COURTESY ARTHUR O’BRIEN) NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Thursday, April 26, 2018, 12:50 AM By Andrew Keshner & John Annese The city is poised to right a generations-old wrong […]
FDNY saves toddler from locked car in a Queens parking lot as mom shopped at TJMaxx Tweet email
The FDNY arrived on the scene to free the screaming child trapped inside the car. (BIM/GETTY IMAGES/ISTOCKPHOTO) The FDNY freed a crying toddler from a locked car in a Queens parking lot — and then cops busted the mom for leaving the little girl while she went shopping, authorities said Monday. Elvira Sadikaj, 46, of […]
Multiple Businesses Destroyed In Massive Bronx 5-Alarm Fire
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The FDNY says seven businesses were destroyed in a massive early morning fire in the Bronx. The fire broke out at a building just before 5:30 a.m. in the area of 194th Street at Marion Avenue and quickly grew to five-alarms. Read More
East Village Fire Breaks Out On E 9th Street
The fire caused “a lot of damage” to the four story building, fire officials said. By Feroze Dhanoa, Patch National Staff | Apr 21, 2018 3:59 pm ET | Updated Apr 21, 2018 6:48 pm ET EAST VILLAGE, NY — A fire in the East Village left an apartment building “completely unlivable” after spreading throughout the four-story building on Saturday afternoon, […]
‘Anti-Semitic’ firefighter assigned to Orthodox Jewish community
By Susan Edelman Joseph Cassano (left) and Salvatore Cassano Paul Martinka A former FDNY commissioner’s son who once tweeted “I like Jews about as much as hitler” will join a firehouse in the middle of Orthodox Jewish Brooklyn, The Post has learned. The stunning move infuriated a local lawmaker. “For him to be assigned to Borough Park, where […]
Fire Breaks Out At Midtown Restaurant Near Carnegie Hall
The fire broke out at a first-floor restaurant on 7th Avenue. By Feroze Dhanoa, Patch National Staff | Apr 21, 2018 11:13 am ET | Updated Apr 21, 2018 12:50 pm ET MIDTOWN, NY — One person suffered minor injuries in a fire that broke out at a Midtown restaurant across the street from Carnegie Hall late Saturday morning, the FDNY […]
300 FDNY holds graduation ceremony for probationary firefighters
EAST NEW YORK – A graduation ceremony was held for over 300 probationary firefighters on Wednesday. After 18 weeks of training, the class is ready to join the FDNY. Five female firefighters were part of the class, bringing the number of female firefighters to the highest in department history. Read More
