NY Daily News – December 12, 2014 by Ryan Sit, Jason Molinet Four people were sent to the hospital early Friday morning after fire ripped through a three-story apartment building in Brooklyn. Residents were forced to scramble down the fire escape — many in their pajamas — as choking smoke poured from 161 Hendrix […]
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Man Dies after Blaze Erupts in 19th Floor Brooklyn Apartment Building
NY Daily News – December 12, 2014 by Ryan Sit, Sean Keane A man died after a fire erupted in a Coney Island apartment early Friday. Smoke quickly filled the 19th floor apartment on W. 33rd St. when the blaze broke out shortly before 3 a.m. Emergency responders rushed a father and son to […]
Fire Breaks Out in East New York, Leaves Several Hurt
7 Online – December 12, 2014 EAST NEW YORK. N.Y. (WABC) — A fire that left several injured was brought under control in East New York Friday morning. The fire broke out just after 1 a.m. in the 100 block of Hendrix Street at Fulton Street in a three-story building. At one point a four-alarm […]
City Council pushes FDNY on female firefighters
BY ERIN DURKIN City Council members are turning up the heat on the FDNY to hire more women as firefighters. Only 44 of the department’s 10,500 firefighters are women – a mere 0.4%. “This is simply unacceptable,” said Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley (D-Queens), chair of the fire committee. “It is time we break down any barriers that […]
City Council Pressures FDNY to Hire More Women, Balance Out Genders in Department
NY Daily News – December 11, 2014 by Erin Durkin City council members turned up the heat Wednesday on the FDNY to hire more women as firefighters. Only 44 of the department’s 10,500 firefighters are women, less than one-half of 1%. “This is simply unacceptable,” said Queens Democrat Elizabeth Crowley, chairwoman of the Committee on […]
East Village Writer, Bar Owner Found Dead after Fire Tears Through Her Basement Apartment
NY Daily News – December 11, 2014 by Ryan Sit, Rocco Parascandola, Dale Eisinger, Thomas Tracy An erotic writer who co-owned a Brooklyn bar died early Wednesday when a fire ripped through her East Village apartment, officials said. Evelyn Dahab, 33, was found dead in her bed when firefighters arrived at her basement-level home on […]
Fire Tears Through Four Storefronts in Woodside, Officials Say
DNA Info – December 11, 2014 by Katie Honan and Aidan Gardiner WOODSIDE — A massive blaze erupted in Woodside Wednesday morning, tearing through four storefronts, fire officials said. The flames erupted inside Don’s Professional Services at 38-05 69th St., near Roosevelt Avenue, about 11 a.m., an FDNY spokesman said. Flames spread through a […]
Murray Hill Apartment Fire Leaves 10 Hurt, Prompts FDNY Rescues
ABC News – December 10, 2014 NEW YORK (WABC) — A fire in a Manhattan apartment building left nearly a dozen people injured, including two firefighters, and prompted FDNY rescues. The flames broke out just before midnight on East 37th Street in Murray Hill. The fire started on the first floor, spreading smoke quickly throughout […]
Probationary Firefighters Rescue Unconscious Man from Smoke-Filled Midtown Apartment
NY Daily News – December 10, 2014 by Joseph Stepansky A pair of probationary firefighters rescued an unconscious, 250-pound man from a room filled with black smoke in Midtown, police said. The man, about 50, was trapped behind a window gate in his smoke-filled apartment on the first floor of a building on E. 37th […]
[VIDEO] Cop shoots, kills knife-wielding man who stabbed student at Crown Heights synagogue
POSTED 4:29 AM, DECEMBER 9, 2014, BY CHRISTOPHER BRITO AND CNN, UPDATED AT 11:16AM, DECEMBER 9, 2014 CROWN HEIGHTS (PIX11)– Authorities say a man stabbed an Israeli student in the head inside a Crown Heights synagogue before being fatally shot by an officer after he refused to drop his weapon. The police-involved shooting happened at the Chabad Lubavitch World Headquarters […]
