WABC – December 26, 2016 by Eyewitness News MIDTOWN, Manhattan (WABC) — Crews are repairing an underground gas line that caused disruptions to subway service in Midtown Manhattan overnight. An open gas flame was detected coming from a conduit in a control room near the 53rd Street subway station just before 11 p.m. Power was […]
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Careless Use of Open Flame, Candle Caused Blaze at West Side High-Rise
CBS 2 – December 23, 2016 by CBS News NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — FDNY fire marshals have determined careless use of an open flame or candle caused a four-alarm fire at a high-rise building on Manhattan’s West Side. The fire, which has been deemed accidental, broke out on the third floor of 515 West 59th […]
Manhattan High-Rise Fire Injures 24, Including Young Girl, Firefighters
Metro.us – December 23, 2016 by Metro.us News A fire in a 33-story residential building belonging to Mt. Sinai Hospital left 24 people injured on Thursday night, officials said. The blaze began around 5 p.m. in an apartment on the third floor at 515 W. 59th St., near 10th Avenue. A fire in a 33-story […]
Firefighters, Santa Visit Terminally-Ill Cancer Vic, Kids in NYC New York Daily News
NY Daily News – December 23, 2016 by TODD MAISEL RICH SCHAPIRO The city’s bravest showed off their kindest side Thursday when more than a dozen firefighters brought Christmas cheer to a Brooklyn woman battling stage 4 colon cancer. Amy Figliuolo, 39, wept tears of joy when three crews of smoke-eaters — one of them […]
21 Injured in Blaze at High-Rise NYC Apartment Building
NY Daily News – December 23, 2016 by ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE JOHN ANNESE GRAHAM RAYMAN A 7-year-old girl was saved by fast-acting neighbors and medics in a raging fire at a Manhattan high-rise that left 21 people, including two infants, injured Thursday afternoon. The blaze temporarily trapped people on the upper floors of the building on […]
Chelsea Construction Site Accident: Firefighters Pull Injured Man From Hole
The Patch – December 22, 2016 by Simone Wilson (Patch Staff) Emergency crews rushed to West 29th Street on “a report of someone who fell in a hole” Wednesday. CHELSEA, NY — Fire trucks and ambulances rushed to 221 West 29th St. between 7th and 8th avenues just after 2 p.m. Wednesday on “a report […]
Person Seriously Injured in 2-Alarm Fire at New York Institute of Technology
The Patch – December 21, 2016 by Brendan Krisel (Patch National Staff) UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — One person was seriously injured but is expected to survive when a two-alarm fire broke out Sunday night at the New York Institute of Technology campus on the Upper West Side, an FDNY spokesman told Patch. The fire […]
Santa and local firefighters visit Bayside children’s hospital to spread holiday joy
By Suzanne Monteverd A group of big-hearted firefighters from a firehouse based in Bayside spread some major holiday cheer to children in the community last week. Members of Engine Company 320 and Ladder Company 167 showed up at St. Mary’s Hospital for Children in Bayside on Thursday, Dec. 15, with dozens of toys for the kids eagerly awaiting their arrival inside. Larger-than-life dogs […]
Several Injured in Brooklyn Apartment Fire
NY Post – December 20, 2016 by Daniel Prendergast Six people were injured — including one seriously — during an early-morning blaze in a Brooklyn home Monday, officials said. The flames started inside 3201 Glenwood Ave. near the corner of East 32nd Street in East Flatbush around 6:40 a.m., officials said. Black smoke quickly engulfed […]
Firefighters Battle Blaze at East Flatbush Building
Firefighters Battle Blaze at East Flatbush Building WPIX – December 20, 2016 by ASHLEY SOLEY-CERRO EAST FLATBUSH, Brooklyn — Firefighters Monday morning battled a blaze at a multistory East Flatbush building. Several fire trucks were seen at a fire near Glenwood Road and East 32nd Street at of 7 a.m., Air11 footage showed. Flames appeared […]
