Thursday, November 20, 2014

Fires and Firefighters- NY Times

Fires and Firefighters

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News about Fires and Firefighters, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

  1. Nov. 20, 2014
    Blaze tears through three-story building on Flatbush Ave in Brooklyn, claiming the life of one man and injuring more than a dozen others. MORE
  2. Nov. 13, 2014
    New York City firefighters safely rescue window washers Juan Lizama and Juan Lopez from a dangling scaffold outside the 69th floor of 1 World Trade Center; experts blame equipment failure for the accident. MORE
  3. Nov. 11, 2014
    Vasilios Gerazounis, landlord of building in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, pleads guilty to criminally negligent homicide in deaths of five Guatemalan immigrants who were killed in 2010 arson fire; investigators found that several of the victims were trapped inside illegally partitioned apartments; prosecutors took rare step of not only filing charges against the arsonist but also Gerazounis. MORE
  4. Nov. 5, 2014
    Fire destroys Artuso Pastry Foods Corporation cannoli factory in Mount Vernon, NY, forcing family business that sells cannoli in 15 states to close indefinitely just before holidays. MORE
  5. Nov. 2, 2014
    Three-alarm fire sweeps through apartment house in Portland, Me, killing five people and critically injuring one; authorities say it is the deadliest fire in the state in 30 years. MORE

ARTICLES ABOUT FIRES AND FIREFIGHTERS

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Brooklyn Fire Kills One and Injures Over a Dozen

By BENJAMIN MUELLER and DERRICK NUNNALLY
A blaze tore through a three-story building on Flatbush Avenue near Farragut Road and burned for more than an hour.
November 20, 2014, Thursday
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Peril, and Daring, at 1 World Trade Center as Window Washers Are Trapped

By MARC SANTORA
As the workers dangled 69 stories above the street, emergency crews cut a hole in a window of the tower and pulled them, unhurt, into the building.
November 13, 2014, Thursday

Videos Add Details in Fatal Arizona Wildfire, but Big Question Remains

By FERNANDA SANTOS
Newly released videos document the search for 19 wilderness firefighters killed in the Yarnell Hill fire last year, but do not explain why the men left a relatively safe spot before their deaths.
November 11, 2014, Tuesday

Brooklyn Landlord Pleads Guilty to Negligent Homicide in 2010 Fire

By ANDY NEWMAN
Vasilios Gerazounis, the landlord of an illegally subdivided apartment building in the Bensonhurst neighborhood, faces one to three years in prison.
November 11, 2014, Tuesday

Fire Destroys Family-Owned Cannoli Factory in Mount Vernon

By JOSEPH BERGER
The factory’s indefinite closing will put a huge dent in the business of Artuso Pastry Foods Corporation, which produces 10 million cannoli a year.
November 5, 2014, Wednesday

Deadly Halloween Across the Nation

By ASHLEY SOUTHALL
At least 15 people were killed and nine others injured in accidents and a fire connected to the festivities from California to New York.
November 2, 2014, Sunday

Fire Kills 5 in Building Near College in Maine

By ASHLEY SOUTHALL
A three-alarm fire swept through a duplex building in Portland early Saturday morning, killing five people and critically injuring one.
November 2, 2014, Sunday
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Rule Change Lets Los Angeles Dream of Spires

By ADAM NAGOURNEY
The city’s Fire Department has agreed to drop a requirement for all skyscrapers to have flat tops, clearing the way for visions of a more inspiring skyline to rival New York or Chicago.
October 22, 2014, Wednesday

Dispatchers Faulted for Delayed Medical Call to Fatal Fire in Queens

By J. DAVID GOODMAN
It took 21 minutes for an ambulance to arrive at a fire that killed two children in April in Far Rockaway, Queens.
October 22, 2014, Wednesday

The Origins of My Pyromania

By MARY PAULINE LOWRY
The flames had an appeal I couldn’t resist.
October 19, 2014, Sunday
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