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Crews battling fire at animal shelter in Andover, New Jersey
3+ week, 2+ day ago (64+ words) Animal shelter fire: Crews battling fire at One Step Closer Animal Rescue in Andover, NJ'ABC7 New York ANDOVER, New Jersey (WABC) -- Crews are battling a fire that broke out at an animal shelter in Sussex County, New Jersey on Wednesday....
2 injured, 1 critically in Washington Heights apartment fire
3+ week, 4+ day ago (73+ words) WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, Manhattan (WABC) -- Two people were injured, one critically, in an apartment fire in Washington Heights overnight. Fire broke out on the third floor of the building at 566 West 162nd Street just after midnight. Two people were injured and rushed…...
2 hurt when fire burns through tavern, apartment in Ozone Park
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (94+ words) The flames broke out inside "Mike's Tavern" on Liberty Avenue in Ozone Park just before 4 a.m. on Thursday. 2 hurt when fire burns through tavern, apartment in Ozone Park OZONE PARK, Queens (WABC) -- Two people were hurt when a fire burned through…...
2 injured in 4-alarm fire in Claremont, Bronx apartment building; 30 residents displaced
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (141+ words) CLAREMONT, Bronx (WABC) -- At least 30 people are now homeless after a five-story apartment building caught fire in the Claremont section of the Bronx overnight. Firefighters raced to the site of a four-alarm fire off the Grand Concourse just after midnight....
1 person hurt in apartment fire in Corona
2+ mon, 5+ day ago (78+ words) CORONA, Queens (WABC) -- One person was burned in an apartment fire in Queens early Thursday morning. Fire burned through the roof of the building on 44th Avenue in Corona just before 12:40 a.m. The victim was rushed to Harlem Hospital. Their condition is…...
1 injured in high-rise apartment building fire in the Bronx
3+ mon, 2+ day ago (97+ words) Crews responded to 1965 Lafayette Ave. in the Soundview section, where Citizen App video showed flames shooting out of upper-floor windows. 1 injured in high-rise apartment building fire in the Bronx SOUNDVIEW, Bronx (WABC) -- Firefighters battled a blaze at a high-rise apartment…...
10 people injured, including 2 critically, after fire breaks out at Bronx apartment building
4+ mon, 2+ day ago (268+ words) THE BRONX, New York (WABC) -- Ten people were injured, including two critically, after a fire broke out at an apartment building in the Bronx on Tuesday, according to officials. The FDNY says flames broke out inside a third-floor apartment of…...
5 hurt, 2 women critical after fire burns through Crown Heights apartment
5+ mon, 4+ day ago (91+ words) CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn (WABC) -- An apartment fire in Crown Heights, Brooklyn injured five people early Thursday morning. The fire broke out around 1:35 a.m. on the second floor of a building on Eastern Parkway. Two women, ages 24 and 26, were taken to Kings…...
Mother says 5-year-old fell out of 5th-story window after trying to get his toys
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (450+ words) SHEEPSHEAD BAY, Brooklyn (WABC) -- A 5-year-old boy fell out of a fifth-story window at a NYCHA complex in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, on Wednesday, according to police. It happened just before noon at 2986 Avenue V at the Nostrand Houses. The child…...
New Yorkers wait years for government housing as over 5,000 NYCHA units sit empty
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (414+ words) Tens of thousands of people need homes in New York City while thousands of government-run apartments are sitting empty. There are so many of them, if you put them all together, they'd fill up the entire Empire State Building and…...