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07/05/2024

Man critically injured in Brooklyn fire sparked by charging lithium-ion battery

A man is in critical condition following a severe fire at a Brooklyn apartment building, which firefighters attribute to a charging lithium-ion battery. At least four individuals were injured in the blaze, ABC News 7 reports. The fire erupted just before 6:40 a.m. Thursday on Avenue M in the Midwood neighborhood. A...

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06/30/2024

Three Injured in Manhattan high rise building fire

Three people were injured when a fire broke out in a Manhattan high-rise, ABC News 7 reports. The blaze started on the 14th floor of the 29-story building on East 31st Street, between Third and Lexington Avenues. One person was taken to the hospital. ...

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06/30/2024

Herald Square accident: three injured, one critically

Three people were injured, one critically, in a traffic accident near Herald Square, ABC News 7 reports. The incident occurred shortly after 9 p.m. on Saturday at 34th Street near Sixth Avenue. One of the victims sustained severe head injuries, while another is in stable condition. The driver of the vehicle was als...

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06/27/2024

16-year-old girl fatally struck by vehicle in Queens

A teenager was fatally struck by a vehicle Wednesday afternoon while crossing a street in Queens, according to the NYPD, Spectrum News NY1 informs. Police reported that a 16-year-old girl and her 8-year-old sister were hit by a delivery truck making a right turn from 47th Avenue onto 46th Street just before 3:30 p.m....

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06/26/2024

83-year-old woman struck and killed by truck in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn

An 83-year-old woman was tragically killed after being struck by a truck in Cobble Hill on Wednesday afternoon, ABC 7 News informs. The incident occurred when the woman was crossing the street and was hit by a truck making a right turn onto Bond Street. She was rushed to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead....

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06/25/2024

Man in critical condition after being hit by car in Melrose, the Bronx

A man is fighting for his life after being struck by a vehicle early Tuesday morning in Melrose, according to police, Channel 12 Brooklyn News informs. The incident occurred just before 2 a.m. at East 149th Street and Morris Avenue. First responders quickly transported the 61-year-old man to the hospital, where he ...

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06/25/2024

Married couple killed, several injured in Washington Heights apartment building fire

A married couple tragically lost their lives in a Washington Heights apartment fire early Tuesday morning. The blaze erupted around 1:45 AM in a sixth-floor apartment on West 178th street, ABC News7 reports. The victims, a 77-year-old woman and a 74-year-old man, were transported to Harlem Hospital, where they were pr...

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06/24/2024

5 Injured in Flatbush apartment building fire

A fire broke out at an apartment building in Brooklyn on Sunday morning, resulting in minor injuries for five people, ABC 7 News informs. Footage on the Citizen App shows the scene at the building on Ocean Avenue in Flatbush. The FDNY reported that the fire affected the basement and first floor of the four-story bu...

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06/24/2024

Four residents saved from blaze, fifty displaced after Passaic fire

Fifty people were left homeless after a fire broke out in Passaic on Sunday night, ABC 7 News informs. Firefighters rescued four residents from a burning home on High Street around 9 p.m. as heavy flames engulfed the two-story building. Neighbors knocked on doors in a concerted effort to ensure everyone was account...

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06/24/2024

2 dead in apartment fire in New Rochelle, Westchester County

Two people died in an apartment fire in New Rochelle on Friday morning. The fire erupted in an apartment on Eastchester Road shortly after 7 a.m., ABC 7 News reports. The people were pulled from the apartment in cardiac arrest and pronounced dead after. "It was on the third floor, heavy fire out of two windows," s...

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06/21/2024

3-alarm fire burns SoHo rooftop as neighbor aids firefighters with garden hose

A three-alarm fire erupted on the roof of a SoHo building, prompting a heroic response from a good Samaritan, ABC News 7 informs. As firefighters battled the blaze atop 463 Broome Street, a man on a nearby rooftop sprang into action with his garden hose. Robert Lobe, a SoHo resident, was seen by NewsCopter7 spraying ...

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06/21/2024

Child and mother struck and killed by bus near school in Mamaroneck

A kindergartner and his mother were killed after being struck by a school bus while walking to school on Thursday morning, ABC News7 reports. The incident occurred around 8:30 a.m. on Mamaroneck Avenue near New Street. First responders found both victims lying on the road. The 6-year-old child was pronounced dead a...

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06/19/2024

RV covered in Trump campaign posters crashes into pole on Staten Island

Authorities are investigating a single-vehicle accident involving an RV that was covered in campaign material for former President Donald Trump on Staten Island, PIX 11 News reports. The incident occurred near Hylan Boulevard and Reid Avenue around 12 p.m. The RV with two people inside collided with a pole, according ...

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06/17/2024

SUV crashes into MTA bus in the Bronx

A driver is in custody after attempting to flee from police during a traffic stop and crashing into an MTA bus in the Bronx, - ABC 7 News reports. The crash occurred just before 5 p.m. at East 204 Street and Valentine Avenue. According to police, officers were attempting a car stop at the location when a grey SUV byp...

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06/17/2024

Investigators determining how car crashed through wall of Bronx parking deck

In the Bronx, an overturned car lay beneath the parking deck it had fallen from, leaving behind wads of cash and a phone, along with a significant question: How did someone walk away from this? - ABC News 7 writes. A woman, claiming ownership of the now-destroyed vehicle, said she drove all the way from Pennsylvania...

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06/17/2024

57-year-old man dies in house fire in Queens

The FDNY says a 57-year-old man Roger Assmann and his dog are dead after a fire at his mother's house in Queens, - ABC 7 News writes. The deadly fire occurred in the South Ozone Park around 12:30 a.m. Saturday. Citizen app video shows heavy flames and smoke at a house on 133rd Street. An Uber driver says he saw th...

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06/14/2024

FDNY battles blaze at Brighton Beach home

Firefighters battled a blaze that erupted in a Brighton Beach home on Tuesday afternoon, - AM NY writes. On June 11, numerous calls reported the fire at 3067 Brighton 3rd Street. FDNY units arrived just before 1 p.m. to find heavy fire and smoke emanating from the basement of a two-story brick house. Fire Department ...

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06/14/2024

Arrest made in East Patchogue hit-and-run that killed volunteer firefighter

Police on Long Island have arrested a woman in connection with a hit-and-run crash that resulted in the death of a volunteer firefighter, - ABC 7 News reports. Maria Guallpa-Bonilla, 36, from Bellport, faces charges related to the hit-and-run incident that killed 22-year-old Christopher Hlavaty, a dedicated volunteer ...

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06/13/2024

Elderly pedestrian, 86, decapitated by city truck in Brooklyn

An elderly pedestrian was tragically decapitated in Brooklyn on Wednesday after being struck by a vehicle from the city's Department of Transportation, according to police and sources, - NY Post writes. The 86-year-old man was crossing 92nd Street around 3:30 p.m. when a truck hit him at Dahlgren Place in Bay Ridge. ...

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06/12/2024

Firefighters combat dual blazes in Canarsie and East Flatbush

Firefighters contended with two simultaneous fires in Brooklyn on Saturday afternoon, - Brooklyn Paper writes. At around 12:45 p.m. on June 8, units responded to heavy smoke emerging from the roof of a two-story attached house near East 78th Street and Flatlands Avenue in Canarsie. Over 100 firefighters used five hose...

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