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Building Safety

Ashburn, VA
Police & Fire
Sprinkler System Saves Ashburn Apartment From Golf Cart Fire Disaster Sprinkler System Saves Ashburn Apartment From Golf Cart Fire Disaster
Sprinkler System Saves Ashburn Apartment From Golf Cart Fire Disaster A potentially catastrophic fire in an Ashburn apartment building was swiftly…

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by Zak Failla
Somers, NY
Police & Fire
Medical Care Building's Structural Stability Damaged In Somers Crash (UPDATE) Medical Care Building's Structural Stability Damaged In Somers Crash (UPDATE)
Medical Care Building's Structural Stability Damaged In Somers Crash (Update) Crews had to shore a compromised part of a Northern Westchester medical…

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by Ben Crnic
Bethesda, MD
Police & Fire
Several Displaced By $1.5M Two-Alarm Fire At Bethesda High Rise Several Displaced By $1.5M Two-Alarm Fire At Bethesda High Rise
Several Displaced By $1.5M Two-Alarm Fire At Bethesda High Rise No injuries were reported when a two-alarm blaze broke out in a Montgomery County…

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by Zak Failla
Cortlandt, NY
Police & Fire
Driver Hospitalized After Crashing Into Building At Marina In Croton-On-Hudson Driver Hospitalized After Crashing Into Building At Marina In Croton-On-Hudson
Driver Hospitalized After Crashing Into Building At Marina In Croton-On-Hudson A building at a Northern Westchester marina had to be stabilized after a…

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by Ben Crnic
Gaithersburg, MD
Traffic
Car Crashes Into Front Of Maryland Fast Food Restaurant (PHOTOS) Car Crashes Into Front Of Maryland Fast Food Restaurant (PHOTOS)
Car Crashes Into Front Of Maryland Fast Food Restaurant (Photos) No injuries were reported on Monday afternoon when a driver accidentally crashed into…

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by Zak Failla
Cortlandt, NY
Police & Fire
'Startled' Cat Rescued From Apartment After Oven Sparks Blaze In Croton 'Startled' Cat Rescued From Apartment After Oven Sparks Blaze In Croton
'Startled' Cat Rescued From Apartment After Oven Sparks Blaze In Croton A cat was rescued and returned to its owners by firefighters after an oven…

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by Ben Crnic
Elizabeth, NJ
Police & Fire
Plainfield Building With Questionable Past Erupts In Flames Injuring 15, Displacing Many Plainfield Building With Questionable Past Erupts In Flames Injuring 15, Displacing Many
Plainfield Building With Questionable Past Erupts In Flames Injuring 15, Displacing Many A fire at a Plainfield apartment building with a history of safety…

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by Cecilia Levine
Norwich, CT
Police & Fire
3-Year-Old Hospitalized After Fall From Third-Story Window At CT Apartment, Police Say 3-Year-Old Hospitalized After Fall From Third-Story Window At CT Apartment, Police Say
3-Year-Old Hospitalized After Fall From Third-Story Window At CT Apartment, Police Say Building officials have condemned two apartment bedrooms after a…

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by Kathy Reakes
Brentwood, NY
Police & Fire
Massage Parlor Raid: 2 More Women Charged After Investigation At Troubled Long Island Business Massage Parlor Raid: 2 More Women Charged After Investigation At Troubled Long Island Business
Massage Parlor Raid: 2 More Women Charged After Investigation At Troubled Long Island Business Two more women are facing charges for alleged crimes…

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by Michael Mashburn
Mount Vernon, NY
News
City Demolishes 'Zombie Property' With Multiple Fire Incidents In Mount Vernon City Demolishes 'Zombie Property' With Multiple Fire Incidents In Mount Vernon
City Demolishes 'Zombie Property' With Multiple Fire Incidents In Mount Vernon A city in Westchester is demolishing a "zombie property" that has been an…

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by Ben Crnic
Mount Pleasant, NY
News
'Imminent Danger': Town Demolishes Unsafe House, Charges Owner In Mount Pleasant 'Imminent Danger': Town Demolishes Unsafe House, Charges Owner In Mount Pleasant
'Imminent Danger': Town Demolishes Unsafe House, Charges Owner In Mount Pleasant A derelict house in Northern Westchester was demolished after…

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by Ben Crnic
Lakewood, NJ
Police & Fire
200 Wedding Guests Clear Collapsing Dance Floor On Jersey Shore 200 Wedding Guests Clear Collapsing Dance Floor On Jersey Shore
200 Wedding Guests Clear Collapsing Dance Floor On Jersey Shore Nearly 200 wedding guests moved the party outside when the dance floor began to cave…

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by Cecilia Levine
Hartford, CT
News
Woman Dies After Falling From Porch At CT Residence Woman Dies After Falling From Porch At CT Residence
Woman Dies After Falling From Porch At CT Residence A Connecticut woman was killed after the railing on her balcony collapsed and she fell more than…

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by Kathy Reakes
Brookfield, CT
Police & Fire
Car Crashes Into House With Sleeping Mother, Son Inside In Connecticut Car Crashes Into House With Sleeping Mother, Son Inside In Connecticut
Car Crashes Into House With Sleeping Mother, Son Inside In Connecticut One person was injured after the driver of a Dodge Durango hit an icy patch and…

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by Kathy Reakes
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
News
Resident Relocated After Partial Hasbrouck Heights House Collapse Resident Relocated After Partial Hasbrouck Heights House Collapse
Resident Relocated After Partial Hasbrouck Heights House Collapse A Hasbrouck Heights woman had to be relocated after the portico of her home…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Brentwood, NY
Police & Fire
Fire Heavily Damages Long Island Commercial Building, Police Say Fire Heavily Damages Long Island Commercial Building, Police Say
Fire Heavily Damages Long Island Commercial Building, Police Say A Long Island commercial building that was heavily damaged following a fire was issued…

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by Kathy Reakes
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
News
UPDATE (PHOTOS): Fire Blows Through Roof Of Fair Lawn Home UPDATE (PHOTOS): Fire Blows Through Roof Of Fair Lawn Home
Update (Photos): Fire Blows Through Roof Of Fair Lawn Home UPDATE: A smoky two-alarm fire ravaged a Fair Lawn home on Tuesday. No injuries were…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Newark, NJ
Schools
Teachers In This NJ District Are Staying Home Even Though Schools Are Open Teachers In This NJ District Are Staying Home Even Though Schools Are Open
Teachers In This NJ District Are Staying Home Even Though Schools Are Open One Essex County district has opted to let its teachers work from home while…

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by Valerie Musson
Hackensack, NJ
Police & Fire
Fire Doused At Hackensack Office Building That Houses Bergen Democratic Committee Fire Doused At Hackensack Office Building That Houses Bergen Democratic Committee
Fire Doused At Hackensack Office Building That Houses Bergen Democratic Committee Hackensack firefighters doused a blaze Thursday in a building that…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fairfield, CT
Police & Fire
Person Extricated From Vehicle Following Crash Into Garage Person Extricated From Vehicle Following Crash Into Garage
Person Extricated From Vehicle Following Crash Into Garage One person had to be extricated from a vehicle that struck a garage after police responded to…

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by Kathy Reakes
Brentwood, NY
Police & Fire
Three-Alarm Fire Breaks Out At Long Island Business Three-Alarm Fire Breaks Out At Long Island Business
Three-Alarm Fire Breaks Out At Long Island Business About 150 firefighters from 14 departments responded to a three-alarm fire that broke out a Long…

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by Joe Lombardi
Brentwood, NY
News
Dozens Sickened, Long Island Apartment Building Evacuated Due To Spiked Carbon Monoxide Levels Dozens Sickened, Long Island Apartment Building Evacuated Due To Spiked Carbon Monoxide Levels
Dozens Sickened, Long Island Apartment Building Evacuated Due To Spiked Carbon Monoxide Levels Some 100 residents of a Long Island apartment…

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by Kathy Reakes
Hackensack, NJ
Police & Fire
Rooftop HVAC Short Clears Hackensack Staples Rooftop HVAC Short Clears Hackensack Staples
Rooftop HVAC Short Clears Hackensack Staples A rooftop air conditioning unit malfunctioned at a Staples store in Hackensack mid-Tuesday afternoon. The…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Police & Fire
Englewood Girl, 8, Hospitalized As Precaution After Ceiling Plaster Falls In Home Englewood Girl, 8, Hospitalized As Precaution After Ceiling Plaster Falls In Home
Englewood Girl, 8, Hospitalized As Precaution After Ceiling Plaster Falls In Home A chunk of plaster that fell from a living-room ceiling Friday afternoon sent…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Armonk, NY
News
VIDEO: Car Crashes Into Westchester Condo Complex VIDEO: Car Crashes Into Westchester Condo Complex
Video: Car Crashes Into Westchester Condo Complex First responders were dispatched to the Scarsdale Ridge condominium complex on Thursday…

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by Zak Failla
New City, NY
News
Partial Building Collapse At Clarkstown Apartment Complex Partial Building Collapse At Clarkstown Apartment Complex
Partial Building Collapse At Clarkstown Apartment Complex This story has been updated. A resident of an apartment that partially collapsed earlier…

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by Kathy Reakes