Update: Long Island City Fire Injures 8

This story is an update on a story that we posted about earlier this week. At least eight people have been injured in a fire that started in Queens on Tuesday night. Officials say that they got a call at around 8:30 in the evening about a fire that was blazing on the first floor of a four-story building. The building was located on 11-14 46th Street in Long Island City. 12 FDNY units and 65 firefighters responded to this incident. At least 8 civilians, maybe more, were hurt. One of them was critically injured and taken to the hospital. Three other people were...

26 April

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Police are Investigating Fires at Homes in Spring Valley

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Police have been asking for the public to help them identify a man who was seen walking next to a house fire in Spring Valley earlier this month. They have found through their investigation that a fire set in a vacant home on Decatur Avenue was intentionally set. The police say the man who was shown to be wearing dark clothing is not a suspect. They just want to find him to see what information he is. Just a couple weeks after the first fire, firefighters encounter another blaze at a vacant house around a mile away. Although there is no apparent in, the...

25 April

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Father of Yorkville Fire Victim Files Notice of Claim

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The father of a girl who died in a house fire in Oneida County in January has filed a notice of claim against the village and the volunteer hose company. The father’s lawyer said on Tuesday that if a different dispatch call had been made that possibly Taylor Melanie and Heather, her mother, would be alive today. The fire happened on January 18 in Yorkville. Officials reported that the roof caved in while firefighters were fighting the fire. Taylor, who was 7 at the time, died in the blaze. Heather, her 41-year-old mother, died a few days later. The call came in at...

24 April

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2 Teenagers Accused of Starting Fire in Auburn

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2 Teenagers Accused of Starting Fire in Auburn

Two teenagers have been arrested and charged because of a large fire that caused damage to a vacant building on Perrine Street in Auburn. The police said witnesses saw the teenagers leaving the building just before the fire was reported. The teenage boys, both of them from Auburn, were found on Clark Street Road. They were both interviewed and then charged. Their names and photographs are not going to be released because they are minors. One of them, 16-years-old, was charged with fourth-degree arson and trespass. The other teenager was charged with trespassing. Police and other emergency responders arrived at the scene at around 11...

24 April

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Fire in Canandaigua Still Being Investigated

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A barn located at Gibson Street in Canandaigua was marked as a complete loss after a structural fire that happened overnight. The fire was reported in the area of Wood and Gibson Streets at first. The barn was situated between many homes and was just a few blocks away from Sonnenberg Gardens, but, luckily no homes were damaged in the blaze. It also appears that no one was injured in the fire. Firefighters reported that the barn was located far enough from homes that there was not much risk to the neighboring buildings. People in the area reported hearing explosions, and the responders...

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Update: Long Island City Fire Injures 8

Police are Investigating Fires at Homes in Spring Valley

Father of Yorkville Fire Victim Files Notice of Claim

2 Teenagers Accused of Starting Fire in Auburn

Fire in Canandaigua Still Being Investigated