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Firefighters arrived to find residents pressed against the windows on the fourth floor of the 14-story Jacob Riis Houses around 7 a.m., with 180 firefighters bringing the fire under control after about an hour, said Assistant FDNY Chief Michael Ajello.
Fire officials say one person died and seven others were hurt, some of them with life-threatening injuries, in the blaze.
1 dead, 1 critically injured in Manhattan apartment fire April 21, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail NEW YORK (AP) — One man was killed and another was critically injured in a fire on Manhattan's upper east side Wednesday, authorities said. The fire broke out on the second floor of a four-story apartment building on Second Avenue near East 81st Street at about 8:30 a.m., Fire Department officials said. It took firefighters about an hour and a half to extinguish the blaze, Deputy Assistant Chief Michael Ajello said. Two male residents of the building were taken to a nearby hospital, where one was pr...
Fire destroys popular tavern in Greenwich Village; 4 firefighters hurt © Provided by RADIO.COM NEW YORK (WCBS 880) — A three-alarm fire that broke out in a Greenwich Village building has destroyed the popular GMT Tavern just a month after it reopened to the public. The tavern had been closed during most of the pandemic. The fire erupted at 142 Bleecker Street around 6 p.m. Monday. Residents were able to evacuate without injuries. "When our units arrived on scene, there was a person on the fire escape on the top floor who began their descent. We then removed that person with the tower ladd...