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The death toll from the weekend apartment fire in New York City was revised downward to 17 Monday while officials warned that it could still rise.. At a press conference Monday, New York City ...
It was the third-worst residential fire in the United States in four decades, [7] and the deadliest fire in New York City since the Happy Land nightclub fire, which occurred nearby in 1990. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] The Bronx fire was also the second major residential fire in the Northeastern United States within a one-week period, occurring four days after ...
One person was killed and six others were injured when a fire blamed on an electric bicycle battery tore through a New York City apartment, officials said Monday. The fire started at around 7 p.m ...
A communal funeral for victims of New York City's deadliest fire in decades has been planned for Sunday, a week after the the blaze in the Bronx high-rise. The service is to be held at the Islamic ...
New York City officials determined shortly afterwards that the fire had started as a result of a child playing with stove knobs. [ 10 ] In response to the fire, the New York City Council passed several fire safety resolutions focused on self-closing doors, improved fire alarms, and fire-safety awareness for families with children.
Tragedy struck in New York City when a house fire broke out in the Bronx, killing a young girl.. The fire began at around 4.30pm on Saturday on Boyd Avenue, with firefighters later finding the ...
Black Sunday has been used to describe January 23, 2005, when three firefighters of the New York City Fire Department (FDNY) died in two fires: two at a tenement fire in the Morris Heights section of the Bronx, with four others being seriously injured, and one at a house fire in the East New York section of Brooklyn.
The victims of a deadly apartment building fire in the Bronx included three young children who were part of a family that tried to make it down to safety but perished in the smoke. Fire officials ...