Fire Department
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Huge Fire at Avenue A and East Houston
Fireblog is reporting on a three-alarm inferno at the corner of Avenue A and East Houston. Address is 240 East Houston. This photo, nabbed from Twitpic, is quite scary. What are you seeing out there? Send us your [...]
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The Dalmatian of Tower Ladder 9
It might seem a tad cliche, but where would the fire department be without its trusty Dalmatian? Yesterday morning, two trucks responded to an alert outside the Broadway-Lafayette subway station near Broadway and [...]
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Grand Street Firefighter on Bicycle
Judging by this comical scene on Grand Street, not all firefighters prefer traveling in their cramped fire trucks. This partially-uniformed first responder was spotted in the westbound lane on a bicycle, his gear [...]
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The 14th Street Fire Recap
Not too long ago, EV Grieve broke news that a three-alarm fire had broken out on Fourteenth Street. We were also on the scene as everything went down.
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Grand Street Fire: 283 Grand is No More
And that’s all she wrote. 283-287 Grand Street is no more. Its suffering has finally come to an end. Yesterday evening, the heavy-duty backhoes had their claws full of brick, wood, and twisted metal. All [...]
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Grand Street Fire: Questions from One Building Resident
In response to our last update on the demolition of 283 Grand Street, one former resident of the building left a comment worth sharing. The fire victim lived there for more than two decades, as did many others.
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Grand Street Fire: Demolition Update
Last night marked two weeks since the debilitating seven-alarm fire tore through 283 Grand Street. The whole area remains under lockdown, seriously affecting business for the adjacent stores and markets. Indeed, [...]
