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FDNY firefighter goes into cardiac arrest during NYC blaze
An FDNY firefighter went into cardiac arrest as he battled an inferno at a multi-family house in Brooklyn Sunday and…
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Separate boat fires in NJ, NY overnight kill 2 women, send 3 to hospital: officials
Raging fires engulfed boats in New Jersey and Westchester in separate incidents overnight that saw two people dead and three…
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Oldest FDNY retiree who died at 103 remembered for lifetime of heroics, including response to 1960 NYC plane crash
The oldest FDNY retiree who died at 103 Friday bravely raced toward the wreckage of the infamous 1960 mid-air plane…
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Oldest retired FDNY Bravest Anthony Aquaro dead at 103
The oldest living retired member of the FDNY who served the streets of Brooklyn for nearly three decades has died…
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1 killed, 7 injured in 3-alarm Upper East Side apartment fire
One person was killed and seven were injured in a three-alarm fire that tore through an Upper East Side apartment…
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Devastated residents left destitute after a five-alarm fire destroyed Manhattan apartment building
Devastated residents were left destitute after a five-alarm fire ripped through a Manhattan apartment building leaving more than 40 tenants…
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Queens garage fire kills two who may have been squatting: source
Two people suspected of squatting were killed in a raging Queens garage fire Saturday morning, officials said. The fire erupted…
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FDNY deputy commish Joseph Pfeifer being booted by new boss
His fire is also now out. FDNY second-in-command Joseph Pfeifer has been booted by new Commissioner Robert Tucker just days after the new head…
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Girl, 7, and mom critical after second major NYC fire in two days
A Queens fire left a 7-year-old girl and her mom critically hurt and two Bravest hospitalized Sunday — the day…
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FDNY boss Laura Kavanagh rips firefighters in texts to NY AG Letitia James: ‘I can’t fix them’
FDNY Commissioner Laura Kavanagh wants to “fix” the behavior of her department’s predominately male workforce — but can’t figure out…
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