A FDNY firefighter fell to his death Thursday afternoon as he was fighting a fire in a NYC apartment. 42 year old, William Tolley was responding to a two-alarm apartment fire on the third floor of a building located on Putnam Ave in Ridgewood, Queens. The fatal accident happened when the…
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One dead and 4 others injured in fire linked to hoverboard explosion
A 3 year old girl died from her injury after a hoverboard explosion caused a major fire in her apartment in Harrisburg, PA, last Friday night. The hoverboard battery was charging at the time of the explosion. The girl fell from the second story of her home as she was…
Three dead and several injured in recent New York fire accidents
Three people died and several people were injured in NY fire accidents that erupted mostly in the North West area of the city these past few days. Yesterday morning 3 people were injured in a fire that started in a third floor apartment of a 5-story building located on West 184th Street…
Fire Accidents errupt all over NYC killing a baby and injuring many
A one year old boy died and six people were injured including two severely in a NYC fire accident yesterday morning morning. The fire started in a three bedroom apartment located on the 13th floor of a building located on Mother Gaston Blvd in Brooklyn NYC. Seven people were living in the…
Two baby girls die in radiator explosion in NYC
2 sisters died from burns after a radiator exploded in their apartment in the Bronx, New York City. 1 year old Scylee Ambrose and 2 year old Ibanez Ambrose were sleeping in their bedroom when a radiator valve blew off. The entire room quickly filled with hot steam. The two…
1 dead and 13 injured in massive New York fire
One person died and 13 others were injured in a fire accident in New York. Around 3:30 am yesterday morning a fire broke out in a residential building located on E. 93rd Street between 1st Ave and 2nd Ave. The building was a five-story building with 10 apartments. 250 firefighters were…
Failure to check smoke detectors leads to the death of two toddlers
Two toddlers died in a fire last April in a Bronx apartment belonging to the New York City Housing Authority. The investigation found that the apartment was visited four hours earlier by Rene Rivera, a former NYCHA maintenance employee. When a NYCHA worker visits an apartment they have to execute several…
One dead and 20 injured in explosion accident in NYC
An FDNY fire chief died and 20 other people were injured after a Marijuana grow house exploded in the Bronx, NYC. NYFD Battalion Chief Michael Fahy was called with his men to 300 W. 234th Street in Kingsbridge after passersby reported a gas smell. Fahy was directing his team from the…
Two deadly NYC fire accidents were sparked by lit cigarettes
Two people died and one person was injured in two separate fire accidents in New York City yesterday. Both of them were sparked by lit cigarettes, officials said today. A first fire started Monday morning around 9:00 am in Queens. Andre Reid, a 69 year old retired firefighter died in…
Metro North Fire Accident in New York sparked by gardening chemicals stored without permit
Investigators found that the massive fire that erupted below the Metro North train tracks in New York last Tuesday was caused by illegally stored gardening chemicals at the The Urban Garden Center. The store located on E. 116th had its storage area between E.117th and E.118th Streets just below the Metro North…