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DNAinfo – June 09, 2015 MANHATTAN — More than 100 firefighters battled flames and thick clouds of smoke from a basement fire that broke out in a City College building on Monday morning, officials said. One civilian and a firefighter were treated for minor injuries, officials said. The fire erupted in the basement offices of […]

DNAinfo – June 09, 2015 by Danielle Tcholakian SOHO — An architect pushing to remove fire escapes from two SoHo buildings has received permission from the city to move forward with one of the projects, city records show. The Department of Buildings approved Joseph Pell Lombardi’s application to remove the fire escapes from 69 Greene […]

Chief Leader – June 09, 2015 by SARAH DORSEY Chelsea Barnett doesn’t even live in New York; she was in town for just one night on Aug. 18, 2014, to see a concert with her old college roommate. After the show, they fell asleep in a first-floor East Village apartment, in a front bedroom whose […]

SI Advance – June 09, 2015 by Shane DiMaio Update: Firefighters brought the blaze under control at 4:33 p.m., with no injuries reported. The cause has not yet been determined. STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Firefighters are battling a blaze at the site of the former Staten Island Hospital in Tompkinsville. FDNY units were summoned to […]

Capitol NY – June 08, 2015 by Scott Waldman and David Giambusso ALBANY—The National Transportation Safety Board on Tuesday will release its long-awaited investigation into the 2014 East Harlem gas explosion that killed eight people and injured 50. According to documents already released, the final report will likely look at a series of issues related […]

Chief Leader – June 02, 2015 by RICHARD STEIER Normally we are inclined to sympathize with Mayor de Blasio in his battles with Governor Cuomo, who often seems to view torturing him as a prime source of entertainment. But his continued insistence on denying cops and firefighters hired after 2009 the full Tier 2 disability […]

NY Daily News – June 01, 2015 by Chris Sommerfeldt , Joseph Stepansky A fire tore through an apartment building on the Lower East Side on Sunday afternoon, injuring two people and sending panicked residents fleeing for safety, authorities said. A few hours later, the FDNY was called to a Queens blaze that raged to […]

KXLY Spokane – May 28, 2015 by Melissa Luck, KXLY4 Executive Producer This week, America paused to honor the men and women who gave their lives in service to our country. In Spokane, a man used the Memorial Day holiday to complete a nearly three year mission to honor the brave firefighters who died trying […]

SI Advance – May 28, 2015 by Ryan Lavis STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Firefighters made quick work of a house fire in Tompkinsville Wednesday evening. FDNY got the all hands call at 5:07 p.m. of a fire on the second floor of 80 Hannah Street, a fire department spokesman said. The fire was placed under […]

SI Advance – May 28, 2015 by Mira Wassef STATEN ISLAND, N.Y.—The Great Kills fire that displaced two families Sunday was accidental, according to an FDNY spokesman. Someone was smoking a cigarette in the house that inadvertently ignited the two-alarm fire, he said. The blaze, which started just before 2 p.m. at 115 Nelson Avenue, […]