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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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