A massive kitchen fire ripped through a luxury high-rise located at 515 East 72nd Street on the Upper East Side earlier today. It is believed the blaze initially began inside the kitchen of an apartment on the 24th floor of the 41-story condominium but quickly spread. The cause of the fire remains under investigation. All …
Jenny Santos, 29, of Kearney, N.J., fell to her to her death off an escalator at the World Trade Center Oculus Saturday morning, officials said. Santos was attempting to retrieve a hat for her twin sister, Jessica, when she lost her balance and fell 30 feet from the escalator they were riding, officials said. …
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Doorman Miguel Gonzalez, 59, has died after he slipped on a step and fell through a glass door while he was shoveling snow during Thursday’s snowstorm, officials said. The incident happened in front of 333 E. 93rd Street at 9:30 a.m. in the Upper East Side, officials said. Gonzalez had slipped head first into …
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Two young girls were killed after the radiator in their shelter apartment filled the room with scalding steam as they napped, officials said. The incident happened at 720 Hunts Point Avenue, which was used by the city’s Department of Homeless Services as cluster-site housing, officials said. The toddlers, Scylee Vayoh Ambrose, 1, and Ibanez …
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A woman was injured after she feel through the floor of an East Harlem restaurant’s basement, officials said. The incident occurred at Joy Burger Bar on 110th Street and Lexington Avenue. According to reports, a woman who was visiting the restaurant with her husband fell through an open hole where a metal panel provides …
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A man was killed after being crushed between a Manhattan store’s supply elevator and the first floor in Washington Heights, officials said. Jose Fernandez, 43, was a worker at La Reguera Dominican on West 182nd Street when he was loading merchandise onto the store’s elevator. According to officials, the elevator started to move upward …
A 4-year-old boy has died after falling 50 feet down an elevator shaft of a parking garage at 841 Union Street near Seventh Avenue in Park Slope on Wednesday evening, officials said. According to the police and Department of Buildings officials, the boy, whose identity has not been released, fell through a gap between …
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Stephen Hewett-Brown, 25, was killed by a faulty elevator on the Lower East Side after he pushed a woman out of harm’s way, witnesses said. The accident happened in the elevator at 131 Broome Street at around 11:45 p.m. Hewett-Brown was inside the elevator when tenant Erudi Sanchez, 43, and her 10-year-old nephew stepped …
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A Brooklyn man died from a malfunctioning elevator in Brooklyn on Friday morning, police said. Eran Modan, 37, originally from Tel Aviv, was in the elevator at 156 Hope Street, at about 4:18 a.m. when it got stuck between the lobby and first floor, several sources said. Modan stuck his head out of the …
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One person was killed, one person remains missing, and as many as three others were injured in a Saturday afternoon explosion that caused a residential building to collapse in Borough Park, Brooklyn. Officials have said that they believe the cause may have been a stove removal. Ligia Puello, 64, was the woman killed in …
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