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12 dead in fast-moving New York City apartment fire
Firefighters respond to a building fire Thursday, Dec. 28, 2017, in the Bronx borough of New York. The Fire Department of New York says a blaze raging in the Bronx apartment building has seriously injured more than a… (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II) More By JENNIFER PELTZ The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The deadliest residential fire […]
FDNY Hazmat unit, firefighters rush to blaze in Manhattan health club
MIDTOWN MANHATTAN — A fire broke out on the top floor of a Midtown building just before rush hour Wednesday, officials said. The 54th Street building houses a health club. The FDNY’s hazmat team has been called to the scene near the intersection with 8th Avenue to secure chlorine stored in the building for the […]
Coast Guard, FDNY respond to NYC Ferry grounding
Rescued passengers were transferred to fireboat 343 in a shuttlle operation DECEMBER 28, 2017 — Coast Guard and partner agency crews last night responded to a ferry aground with 27 people aboard near Rockaway Inlet, New York. The Flyer, an 80-foot New York City Ferry became stuck on a sandbar at approximately 5:30 p.m after […]
FDNY Firefighter Seriously Injured on 9/11 Donates Kidney to Stranger
FDNY Firefighter Seriously Injured on 9/11 Donates Kidney to Stranger 12/25/2017 A retired New York City firefighter who was nearly killed on September 11, 2001 donated his kidney to a total stranger 3,000 miles away, Pete Hegseth reported. Kevin Shea, 50, found that he was a match with 59-year-old California special education teacher Lois […]
Fire Rips Through Crown Heights Home: FDNY
Firefighters rushed to 1625 President St. Friday morning to battle a blaze on the top floor of the five-story building. By Kathleen Culliton, Patch Staff | Dec 22, 2017 8:28 am ET | Updated Dec 22, 2017 8:55 am ET CROWN HEIGHTS, BROOKLYN — A massive ravaged a Crown Heights apartment building Friday morning, authorities said. The second-alarm fire that tore […]
NYPD Commissioner O’Neill and FDNY’s Nigro remain for de Blasio’s 2nd term
NYPD Commissioner James P. O’Neill, left, and FDNY Commissioner Daniel Nigro. (Credit: Newsday file photo) By Matthew Chayes matthew.chayes@newsday.com December 21, 2017 The NYPD’s James O’Neill and FDNY’s Dan Nigro announced Thursday they will remain the agencies’ commissioners in Mayor Bill de Blasio’s second and final term, but his schools chancellor, Carmen Fariña, formally declared her retirement. Seated at […]
FDNY names first African American female as deputy chief
Queens— In a field full of men, Tonya Boyd is breaking barriers—and in more than one way. “I am the highest ranking African American female in this department, period. So I’m proud, I’m really really proud,” Tonya Boyd said. This past November, she was promoted to the rank of Deputy Chief. She says she’s already felt […]
Brooklyn Fire Victims to be Buried in Israel
News 12 – December 19, 2017 by News 12 BROOKLYN – The bodies of a mother and her three children will be laid to rest in Israel Tuesday after they were killed in a house fire sparked by a menorah in Brooklyn Monday, officials say.The fire broke out inside a two-story home on East 14th […]
Unattended menorah caused Brooklyn fire that killed mother, 3 children: FDNY
SHEEPSHEAD BAY, Brooklyn (WPIX) — An unattended lit menorah has been blamed for sparking a fast-moving, early morning house fire in Brooklyn that killed a mother and three of her children, according to FDNY Fire Marshals. Flames broke out shortly after 2 a.m. Monday at the home on East 14th Street between Avenue S and […]
