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2 men found dead inside Brooklyn apartment after suspicious fire
Flames ripped through a unit in a four-story building in Brooklyn, leaving the neighborhood surrounded in smoke. Inside the second floor apartment, detectives said two men were found with injuries that point to a homicide. NBC New York’s Gaby Acevedo reports.
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2 men found dead after Brooklyn apartment fire were killed before blaze: Sources
An investigation is underway after two bodies were pulled from an apartment following a raging fire in Brooklyn, and police sources said the men were killed before the blaze even broke out. Firefighters were called to the scene on Bay 29th Street, between Bath and Benson avenues in Bath Beach shortly before 7 p.m. Sunday. Cellphone video captured screaming as…
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2 found dead after Brooklyn apartment fire
Tracie Strahan reports.
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Marble Hill apartment building fire that injured 10 investigated as suspicious
Romny Smith is reporting on fire investigated as suspicious in Marble Hill
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Fatal attic fire uncovers hoard of illegally converted rooms in Bronx home
A home in the Bronx has been emptied, not just because of the destructive fire that tore through its three floors on Friday afternoon, but because investigators discovered the home had been illegally converted into more than a dozen single rooms. The crowded residence on Grand Avenue first came to the attention of investigators when 911 calls were made around…
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Illegally converted rooms found after deadly Bronx fire
Along with the victim’s body, investigators found illegal activity inside the burned out home. News 4’s Checkey Beckford reports.
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Man set himself on fire in NJ apartment, killing 2: prosecutors
Authorities say a man set himself on fire at a New Jersey apartment earlier this month, killing himself and another woman, who was trapped in the home. Another woman survived with serious burns and remains hospitalized. The cause of the deadly Feb. 19 fire on Palisades Avenue in Teaneck was revealed Friday. Prosecutors say Ranjodh Singh IV doused himself in…
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NYC journalist identified as victim of deadly Hamilton Heights battery fire
Fazil Khan was only 27 years old and worked as a data journalist in NYC. News 4’s Melissa Colorado reports.
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FDNY confirms deadly Hamilton Heights fire sparked by battery
New York’s bravest jumped in to make heroic rescues in a fire that trapped residents and forced others onto fire escapes. News 4’s Melissa Colorado reports.
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Lithium-ion battery blamed for deadly Hamilton Heights fire that hurt 17
At least one person died and 17 people were hurt in a raging fire that tore through an Upper Manhattan apartment building, fire officials said, leaving some residents trapped in their homes, clinging to windows as they tried to escape the thick smoke and call for help.
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Video: Firefighters rescue trapped residents from fire tearing through Hamilton Heights apartment building
FDNY officials said the fire inside the building was unusual in that firefighters had to perform three rope rescues to save people in upper floors — a manuever the department typically only does about once or twice a year overall.
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1 dead, 17 hurt in Hamilton Heights fire
At least one person has died and another four are critically injured following an afternoon fire. News 4’s Melissa Colorado reports.
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One dead, 17 hurt after Hamilton Heights fire leaves residents hanging out windows
At least one person died and 17 people were hurt in a raging fire that tore through an Upper Manhattan apartment building, fire officials said, leaving some residents trapped in their homes, clinging to windows as they tried to escape the thick smoke and call for help.
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New Yorkers hanging out of windows, screaming for help in building fire
Witnesses say multiple people had to be rescued Friday afternoon from a smoky blaze in Hamilton Heights. News 4’s Melissa Colorado reports.
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2 die in ‘suspicious' New Jersey apartment fire, prosecutors say
A woman and man pulled from a basement apartment fire in Teaneck, New Jersey, this week have now both died, while a third victim from the scene remains hospitalized with severe burns to her body, authorities say. Bergen County prosecutors say the 12:30 a.m. Palisade Avenue fire Monday is believed to be suspicious, though they didn’t elaborate, citing the...
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NYPD officers rescue families from burning building
NYPD officers rescued dozens of people in a burning building in Brooklyn, including two babies and a man on crutches. News 4’s Marc Santia reports.
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People rescued from basement in burning NJ home
A number of people had to be rescued from the basement of a burning Teaneck home, officials said Monday. News 4’s Chris Glorioso reports.
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2 women killed in fire at Long Island senior apartments
Two women have died following a big fire over the weekend at a housing complex for seniors on Long Island. News 4’s Greg Cergol reports.
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2 women, friends at Long Island senior complex, die in raging fire that displaced 20
A fire that ripped through a senior housing complex on Long Island is now responsible for two deaths after a second woman succumbed to her injuries hours after the Sunday inferno. The morning fire at the Harmon Shepard Hill apartments in Plainview prompted a massive response from firefighters around 5 a.m. When crews arrived, they found large flames taking over…
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84-year-old killed in fire at Long Island senior apartment complex
A tragedy unfolding at a senior housing complex on Long Island after a women died and a second left fighting for her life. News 4’s Melissa Colorado reports.