#NYC five-alarm fire rips through building in Chinatown

#NYC five-alarm fire rips through building in Chinatown

“NYC five-alarm fire rips through building in Chinatown” A five-alarm fire was raging at a building in New York City’s Chinatown early Sunday morning. The blaze was reported after midnight at the rear of Dim Sum Palace in a four-story, mixed-use building on Chatham Square. “Due to emergency personnel operating at a five alarm fire…

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#Upper West Side high-rise fire critically injures one

#Upper West Side high-rise fire critically injures one

“Upper West Side high-rise fire critically injures one” A fire at a Manhattan high-rise overlooking Central Park left one person critically injured Wednesday night, officials said. Flames broke out on the 10th floor of The Olmstead, a 19-story condominium building located at 382 Central Park West, the FDNY said. Twenty units with 78 firefighters responded…

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#Tribute fund to donate K to Timothy Klein’s family

#Tribute fund to donate $50K to Timothy Klein’s family

“Tribute fund to donate $50K to Timothy Klein’s family” The New York Police and Fire Widows & Children’s Benefit Fund is donating $50,000 to the parents of fallen firefighter Timothy Klein, the nonprofit group said Monday. Klein, 31, the son and nephew of retired city firefighters, died Sunday while battling a vicious three-alarm blaze at…

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#Unidentified body found inside burning car in NYC: cops

#Unidentified body found inside burning car in NYC: cops

“Unidentified body found inside burning car in NYC: cops” A body was discovered inside a burning car in the Bronx early Monday, police said.  Police responded to a report of a double-parked car on fire at Intervale Avenue and Kelly Street in the Woodstock neighborhood around 5:30 a.m., authorities said.  Once the FDNY extinguished the…

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#NYC Jews kick off Passover by burning leavened bread

#NYC Jews kick off Passover by burning leavened bread

“NYC Jews kick off Passover by burning leavened bread” New York Jews torched leavened bread in bonfires in designated areas across the city Friday to mark the start of Passover. The biur chametz outside Yetev Lev D’Satmar Synagogue in Borough Park, Brooklyn, saw the Jewish community gather to observe the tradition — where all leavened…

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#NYC subway train hits object in tunnel, 750 evacuated

#NYC subway train hits object in tunnel, 750 evacuated

“NYC subway train hits object in tunnel, 750 evacuated” About 750 straphangers were evacuated from a smoke-filled subway in Queens on Sunday after the train got stuck when it struck an object on the tracks, officials said. A Manhattan-bound 7 train ran over the unidentified object shortly after pulling out of the Vernon Boulevard-Jackson Avenue…

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