NY Daily News – April 02, 2015 by Rich Schapiro Move over, Maserati. Among the exotic cars and innovative hybrids on display at the 2015 New York International Auto Show is an eye-catching FDNY fire truck marking the department’s 150th anniversary. The FDNY150 truck sports a design of the city skyline painted in red, white […]
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Teen Allegedly Admits to Arson in Unfinished Tottenville House
SI Advance – April 01, 2015 by John M. Annese STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – A teenage arson suspect admitted he and a friend started a blaze in an under-construction Tottenville house, according to prosecutors. Jahlil Valentine, 16, of the 300 block of Ilyssa Way in Arden Heights, made the statement to fire marshals, according to […]
Report: Residents of East Village Building Told Gas Was Being Turned Off Prior to Explosion
SI Advance – April 01, 2015 NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) – Tenants in an East Village building that exploded may have been told not to tell Consolidated Edison inspectors they had gas service. A law enforcement source tells Newsday residents of 121 Second Ave. were told their gas was being turned off before Con Ed inspectors […]
Up Close: FDNY Commissioner Daniel Nigro
ABC News – March 30, 2015 by Bill Ritter NEW YORK (WABC) — It was a week of horrible fires for New York and the FDNY. A deadly house fire in Brooklyn killed 7 children last weekend. And then Thursday afternoon – an enormous explosion in the East Village of Manhattan. Firefighters rushed to both […]
Vigil Held For Victim Of East Village Explosion As Investigators Probe Cause
CBS 2 – March 31, 2015 NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) – Heartbroken family members held a vigil for one of the two men killed in the East Village building explosion and fire last week, as investigators shift their focus to what caused the blast. Nicholas Figueroa, 23, was a bowling alley worker who had gone on […]
FDNY Puts Out Large Brush Fire at Freshkills Park in Travis
SI Advance – March 31, 2015 by Ryan Lavis STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Firefighters extinguished a large brush fire Monday evening at the former Freshkills landfill site, according to a city Sanitation Department spokesman. The fire appears to have started at Schmul Park in Travis, with the wind then carrying the flames into parts of […]
Toddler Found Unconscious inside Midtown Restaurant Bathroom Dies at Hospital: NYPD
WNBC 4 – March 31, 2015 by Brynn Gingras A mother has been arrested after her 1-year-old son died after being found unconscious and foaming at the mouth inside a burger restaurant bathroom in midtown, police say. Latisha Fisher, 35, was charged with second-degree murder in the death of 20-month-old Gavriel Ortiz-Fisher, according to the […]
Auto-Immune Disease New Post-9/11 Concern
Chief Leader – March 31, 2015 by SARAH DORSEY Emergency workers who responded to the Sept. 11 attacks have a new ailment to watch out for: autoimmune diseases like lupus and rheumatoid arthritis. A new study looking at firefighters and Emergency Medical Service workers found that the longer a person spent at the Trade Center […]
Two Bodies Pulled Out of Rubble of NYC Explosion
The Wall Street Journal – March 30, 2015 by Pervaiz Shallwani and Melanie Grayce West Investigators found two bodies Sunday in the rubble of Thursday’s explosion and fire in Manhattan’s East Village, according to the New York Police Department. The bodies were taken to the medical examiner’s office as the investigation into the exact cause […]
Nicholas Figueroa Identified As One of Two Bodies Pulled from East Village Blast Site; He Died While Paying Check on Sushi Date, Family Says
NY Daily News – March 30, 2015 by Caitlin Nolan , Edgar Sandoval , Ben Kochman , Stephen Rex Brown A $13 tab and a twist of fate doomed a young man in the hellacious East Village explosion. One of the two people killed in the gas blast that leveled three Second Ave. buildings died […]
