Track Smoke at Washington Heights Subway Station Injures 18
Eighteen people were injured on Tuesday, February 25, when a train knocked a piece of equipment into the third rail at a Washington Heights subway station, sending heavy smoke into the air. Sixteen of the injured individuals were taken to the hospital for smoke-inhalation treatment. According to the FDNY, the incident happened shortly before 1 Read More »
Attorneys Ronemus & Vilensky Win Million-Dollar Settlement for Wife Whose Husband Died in Fire
After 12 years of vigilant litigation, attorneys Ronemus & Vilensky have won a million-dollar settlement for the wife of a husband who died in a fire while doing contract work for a recording studio that was inhabiting a building space in the Bronx illegally. The studio hired the 29-year-old handyman to do cement work in Read More »
Apartment Fire on the Upper East Side Injures Five
On Monday, February 24, at about 12:50 p.m., a fire ignited inside a 40-story high-rise apartment building at 205 East 92nd Street on the Upper East Side in Manhattan. The fire was on the 16th floor. Five people were injured, with three victims transported to a local hospital for treatment. Seventy-eight firefighters and EMS workers Read More »
Update: Bronx Fire that Injured Child Had No Smoke Detectors, Working Fire Alarms
An apartment fire at 3514 Rochambeau Ave., between East Gun Hill Road and East 212th Street, in the Norwood section of the Bronx, on Friday, February 14, that left six people injured, including a two-year-old child, had no smoke detectors and working fire alarms. One of the tenants in the building said she never heard Read More »
Woman Dies in Crown Heights, Brooklyn Fire
An 85-year-old woman was killed Friday morning, February 21, in her third-floor unit in a Brooklyn apartment fire on Bedford Avenue in Crown Heights. Her apartment and a fourth-floor unit were damaged in the four-story building. The woman immigrated to New York City from Haiti when she was 20. The FDNY received the call about Read More »
Six Injured in Fast-Moving Bronx Apartment Fire, Four Hurt in Washington Heights Fire
A Bronx apartment building fire at 3514 Rochambeau Ave., between East Gun Hill Road and East 212th Street, on Friday, February 14, left six people injured, including a two-year-old child. The patients were treated by EMS for smoke inhalation and transported to local hospitals, according to the FDNY. The fire started on the third floor Read More »
Bronx Fire Kills One, Critically Injures Another Person
A three-alarm fire on Wednesday at 6:00 am in the Tremont section of the Bronx killed one person, with another individual in critical condition at Saint Barnabas Hospital. The fire at East 180 th Street and Anthony Avenue, near E. Burnside Avenue, impacted two buildings, including a Buddhist temple. According to Fire Rescue 1, aerial Read More »
Tribeca Fire Leaves 20 Residents Homeless, Gym Owner Out in the Cold
A two-alarm fire that broke out in a seven-story, cast-iron building at 45 White Street in Tribeca, New York City, on January 22 left at least two firefighters injured, 20 residents displaced, and the owner of a gym in the building out of business. It took over 100 firefighters and EMS personnel about four hours Read More »
Brooklyn Fire Kills One and Injures Two, Parked Cars Blocked Fire Hydrants
On Sunday, February 9, at 3:30 am, a fire at a four-story apartment building on 80 th Street in Bay Ridge, between 5 th and 6 th Avenues, killed a 37-year-old male and injured a 34-year-old woman and 2-year-old boy. The fire began on the third floor of the building. All three were taken to Read More »
Apartment Fire in Queens Critically Injures Two Residents
Another day, another apartment fire, unfortunately, in New York. The fire occurred early Tuesday at 12:30 am in the Flushing section in Queens at 142-20 Franklin Ave., between Union Street and Bowne Street. Two people were critically injured from the blaze that broke out on the sixth floor of the building. They were rescued and Read More »
