NY Daily News – December 20, 2016 by BEN CHAPMAN A yellow city school bus became an exploding ball of flame Monday morning when it caught fire on a busy street in the Bronx. A video posted by the Twitter user @DistractDaily showed a short school bus engulfed in flames and spewing a toxic black […]
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Boy Meets Santa, is Reunited with FDNY Crew Who Rescued Him from Queens Crash
WPIX – December 20, 2016 by ASHLEY SOLEY-CERRO QUEENS, NY — One month after firefighters rescued a 4-year-old boy trapped underneath a vehicle, the child was not only reunited with his saviors, he received a special holiday treat. Dylan Cresta, 4, was pinned underneath a vehicle in Queens on Nov. 19 and initially hospitalized in […]
Bronx Apartment Building Fire Kills One Woman
NY Daily News – December 19, 2016 by DALE W. EISINGER ROSS KEITH THOMAS TRACY RICH SCHAPIRO A 52-year-old mother of two died Saturday after a fire tore through her Bronx apartment building, officials said. The blaze broke out about 9:30 a.m. inside the bedroom of an 11th-floor apartment on Southern Blvd. near E.180th St. […]
Brooklyn Fire that Killed Baby Claims Another Life
NY Post – December 18, 2016 by NY Post The fire that killed a 1-year-old boy in Brooklyn this week has claimed another life, police said. A 40-year-old woman died today from her injuries sustained in the raging 13th floor-fire at the Howard Houses on Wednesday. Little Ivan Baez died in the 8:30 a.m. inferno, […]
Fire on 12th Floor in Briarwood Quenched by Firefighters
TimesLedger.com – December 18, 2016 by Mark Hallum A blaze on the 12th floor balcony of a 14-story high-rise in Briarwood was quickly handled by firefighters Thursday, an FDNY spokesman said. The call came in at 1:36 p.m. and the fire was contained to the balcony, but 78 firefighters were on the scene at 150-38 […]
Grandmother is 2nd Victim of Brownsville High-Rise Fire that Killed 1-Year-Old: Brooklyn Borough President
WPIX – December 18, 2016 by ASHLEY SOLEY-CERRO BROWNSVILLE, Brooklyn — A grandmother has died due to injuries suffered in a blaze at a Brownsville high-rise apartment took the life of her 1-year-old grandson, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams said Friday. Alexandra Melo, 40, and 1-year-old Ivan Paez died as a result of the 13-floor […]
Grandmother Dies Days After Fire Kills Baby in Brooklyn
CBS 2 – December 18, 2016 by CBS News NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The grandmother of a 1-year-old boy who was killed in a fire earlier this week in Brooklyn has also died. Borough President Eric Adams identified the woman on Twitter Friday as Alexandra Melo, grandmother of 1-year-old Ivan Paez. Paez died in the […]
Brooklyn Apartment Fire That Killed 1-Year-Old Takes Aunt’s Life, Too
by ROSS KEITH CHAUNCEY ALCORN THOMAS TRACY LARRY MCSHANE The two sisters took turns frantically leaning out an open window while clutching baby Ivan. Brandy said she was holding onto the crying baby in the midst of the chaos when the child suddenly became silent. “He just stopped crying,” she recalled. Firefighters found the boy […]
Fire Injures 10 in Murray Hill Building
Queens Chronicle – December 16, 2016 by Ryan Brady, Associate Editor A fire at an apartment building in Murray Hill injured seven residents, one severely, and three firefighters last Thursday, according to the FDNY. The fire happened around 4:40 a.m. at 157-11 Sanford Ave. on the building’s fourth floor and spread to the two floors […]
Brooklyn Blaze that Left 1-Year-Old Dead Caused by Faulty Wiring, FDNY Says
NY Daily News – December 16, 2016 by RICH SCHAPIRO GRAHAM RAYMAN GINGER ADAMS OTIS The fatal fire that ripped through a Brooklyn apartment and killed a 1-year-old boy was caused by bad electrical wiring in the kitchen, officials said Thursday. The deadly blaze claimed the life of little Ivan Baez, who died about an […]
