NY Post – March 09, 2018 by Danielle Furfaro An arcing cable on an Upper West Side subway line set off an explosion of flames during the Wednesday afternoon rush hour that sent terrified straphangers stampeding, witnesses and officials said. “I see a bunch of sparks coming towards the platform, [and] I think the train […]
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Duracell Taps Actor Milo Ventimiglia to Deliver a Powerful Message about Fire Safety Through a Light-Hearted PSA
The brand is reminding people to change their smoke detector batteries when changing their clocks on Daylight Saving Milo Ventimiglia teamed up with Duracell to visit the FDNY on March 8, 2018 in New York, to remind everyone to change their smoke detector batteries when changing their clocks on Daylight Saving, this Sunday. Milo lent […]
2 dead, 9 injured in Bronx apartment fire
BELMONT, the Bronx — Two are dead and nine others are injured after a fire broke out in the Belmont section of the Bronx early Monday. The FDNY said the two-alarm fire began just before 2 a.m. on the first floor of a 5-story apartment building on Hoffman Street near East 184th Street. The flames […]
4 firefighters injured by falling roof during Brooklyn blaze:
BED-STUY, Brooklyn — Four firefighters were injured while battling a 3-alarm fire in the Bed-Stuy section of Brooklyn Monday, the FDNY said. FDNY officials said the blaze began around 12:33 a.m. in a brownstone building on Jefferson Avenue and Malcolm X Boulevard. The fire then spread to two neighboring brownstones. The fire was on the […]
2 firefighters suffer minor shock injuries in Bloomfield blaze
Updated Mar 2, 12:59 PM; Posted Mar 2, 12:55 PM The firehouse on Castleton Avenue. (Staten Island Advance/Mira Wassef) 1 0shares By Mira Wassef mwassef@siadvance.com STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Two firefighters suffered minor shock injuries hours after battling a fire in Bloomfield Friday morning, according to an FDNY spokesman. The emergency call came in at around 11 a.m. from […]
‘Our hero': New York firefighters to honor Maui boy who lost battle with cancer
Hawaii News Now – KGMB and KHNL (Image: Dukes Family) NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK (HawaiiNewsNow) -Almost exactly a year ago, Trucker Dukes, a 3-year-old boy from Maui, lost his battle to cancer. Trucker spent much of his fight in New York City at a top-ranked cancer center right next to a fire station. There, […]
Scrap Fire Sends Huge Smoke Plume Billowing Over NYC
A scrap fire sent a huge plume of dense, black smoke billowing over New York City on Monday afternoon. Chopper 4 footage from over the scene near the Major Deegan Expressway and the University Heights Bridge shows a pile of garbage burning as fire crews worked to battle the blaze around 5:30 p.m. FDNY firefighting […]
FDNY won’t back bill requiring childproof stove-knob covers
A top FDNY official said Monday that his department can’t support a proposed law requiring landlords to provide and maintain childproof knob covers on stoves because it would “very difficult” to enforce. “If there was some kind of device that we could support that we can inspect, we’d have a different stance on it. But […]
9/11 first responders must not be abandoned
Tom Deignan@IrishCentral February 26, 2018 07:43 AM It’s the same old story. There are politicians who claim they love law enforcement and firefighters. It makes them look tough. ISTOCK Hidden among President Trump’s budget proposal is a clause that may cut back on the healthcare provided to the 9/11 first responders. Earlier this month, Irish American […]
FDNY Battalion Chief Michael Fahy death: Trial set in marijuana grow house explosion
The trial is set for April for two men accused in a Bronx marijuana grow house explosion and fire that killed FDNY Battalion Chief Michael Fahy. Fahy, 44, was a Rockland County native and 1990 graduate of North Rockland High School who lived with his wife and three young children in the Crestwood section of Yonkers. […]
