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Construction Technique Could Be To Blame In Fatal Carmel Fire
pix11.com | @colekirstinThe devastating home fire that killed four family members in Carmel on May 1 is still being investigated, but details being released show the way the home was built could be exposing millions more families to the same fatal fate. The Carmel Fire...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Building Material, Forestry and Timber
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Firefighters Stumble On Dead Man Ablaze In Forest Park
pix11.comPolice are looking into the mysterious death of a man whose burning body was discovered early Saturday morning by firefighters responding to a call about a small brush fire in Forest Park. The FDNY arrived at the scene around 5:54 and quickly put out the...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Fire Department of New York
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Two Killed, One Critically Injured In Long Island House Fire
A house fire on Long Island claimed the lives of two men late Thursday and critically injured one woman, police said.
According to authorities, the fire broke out sometime before 11 p.m. at the home on Broadway in Mastic. Firefighters were called to...Tags: Long Island, Disasters and Accidents, Stony Brook University
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FDNY Firefighter Killed In Warehouse Fire, 5 Others Injured
A New York City firefighter was killed Monday while five others were injured, fighting a warehouse fire in Brooklyn, PIX News has learned.
According to authorities, the broke out sometime after 4 p.m. when a pile of cardboard boxes ignited on the...Tags: Brooklyn (New York City), Disasters and Accidents, Bushwick, Fire Department of New York
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Bushwick Fire Kills 17-Year Veteran Firefighter
pix11.com | @wpixWitnesses didn't see a single flame or billows of black smoke rising from a warehouse on Flushing Avenue. "There was no real fire that was visible. It must have been contained," said Jose Rueda. But a deadly fire was brewing behind warehouse walls in...Tags: Cook County, India, New York City, Disasters and Accidents, Illinois
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Firefighters Injured In 4-Alarm Bronx Fire
pix11.com | @JuliaTheWriterA fast-moving fire in the Bronx injured has injured 17 firefighters so far, according to the FDNY. At one point, two firefighters were missing after a floor collapsed. The fire started in a four-family condo Saturday at about 1 p.m. at 730 Van Nest Ave....Tags: Cook County, American Red Cross, India, Disasters and Accidents, Charity
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17-Year FDNY Vet, 9/11 Hero Dies While Battling Brooklyn Blaze
PIX11.com | @pix11mikeFirefighters are in mourning today following the death of Lt. Richard Nappi of Engine Company 237 in Bushwick, Brooklyn. The 17-year veteran died Monday afternoon of an apparent heart attack while fighting a stubborn box fire in a warehouse. Nappi, a...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Michael Bloomberg, Cook County, India, Heart Failure
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Manorville Brush Fire Prompts Evacuations
pix11.com | @JuliaTheWriterA brush fire broke out in Manorville causing at least 25 homes and a daycare in the town of Brookhaven to evacuate. Smoke from Long Island could be seen from miles away, and around 1:40 p.m. 30 fire departments in Suffolk and Nassau Counties have...Tags: Cook County, Long Island, India, Disasters and Accidents, New York City
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5-Alarm Fire Tears Thourgh 3 Elizabeth, NJ Homes, Several Left Homeless
PIX11.com | @MarioPIX11Firefighters, demolition crews and police remained on the scene of a raging five-alarm fire in Elizabeth, New Jersey nearly 12 hours after it started. Officials say firefighters from nine companies fought the blaze in three residential buildings on...Tags: Petroleum Industry, American Red Cross, Disasters and Accidents
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Nearly 2 Dozen Displaced After Union City Hotel Fire
@PIX11NarmeenDozens of people were displaced from a Union City boarding house Tuesday, after a fire ripped through the 2nd and 3rd stories of the building. Firefighters say the fire moved quickly through the Shefah Hotel shortly after 8 a.m. When they arrived there...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Manufacturing and Engineering, Heavy Engineering
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12 Firefighters Injured While Battling 3-Alarm Inwood House Fire
PIX11.com | @pix11mikeA massive fire and explosion Friday left a dozen firefighters injured and residents displaced in the Inwood section of Manhattan. According to authorities, flames broke out at about 3 a.m. at the home on West 217th Street. Neighbor Juan Sori told...Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Inwood (Manhattan, New York), Disasters and Accidents, Consolidated Edison Incorporated
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Week Dominated By Tragedy Highlights Fire Prevention
Staff ReporterIt's been a wild week of flames with seemingly more fires in the past couple of weeks than we can remember. Families destroyed and lives lost, but did it have to play out this way? And could it have all been prevented? With no evidence of smoke detectors...Tags: Disasters and Accidents
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