A police officer from Cyprus, working to fight the fire in the Carmel, told The Jerusalem Post on Sunday afternoon that 80% of the blaze has been contained, as three helicopters from Switzerland prepared to land in the area.
The ZAKA rescue organization says at least 40 people died in the fire on the Carmel Mountain Thursday.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] – A group of young hooligans set a number of trash cans aflame as they walked down Lefferts Avenue. The incident took place at around 3:45pm just as the public school around the corner dismisses their students.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — A fire broke out this morning in a large apartment building on Montgomery Street, and forcing the evacuation of portions of the building.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — A fire broke out this morning in an assisted living center on Kingston Avenue.
Investigators with the New York City Fire Department say an electric griddle is to blame for last week’s deadly three-alarm fire in Brooklyn.
A father heroically ran into his burning Brooklyn home multiple times and rescued five of his children Thursday night — but tragically couldn’t reach an 8-year-old boy trying to escape the flames through a third-floor window.
NEW SQUARE — Volunteer firefighters were battling a raging house fire tonight on Truman Avenue off Washington Avenue, the village’s main access road. No injuries were reported.
A fast moving fire broke out in an apartment building this morning. The incident took place in the upper floors of 693 Albany Avenue, which is on the corner of Rutland Road, where the fire forced resident out onto the fire escapes.
N. MIAMI BEACH, FL [WSVN] — A rabbi, his wife and their eight children are looking for a new home after their house was destroyed by flames.
A car service Lincoln Town Car went up in flames yesterday, the incident took place on East New York at around 3:00pm, eye witnesses said flames started coming out from under the hood and an explosion engulfed the entire car in flames.
A 3-year-old Brooklyn girl was fighting for her life Wednesday night after being pulled from a fire in her home sparked when a lighted menorah toppled over, officials and a witness said.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A fast moving fire broke out this morning in an apartment building. The incident began at 9:00am on the fourth floor of 570 Lefferts Avenue near the corner of Kingston Avenue.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A fire broke out this afternoon in a multi family home on Eastern Parkway. The incident took palace at 741 Eastern Parkway at around 11:45am, where fire broke out on the ground floor.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A fire broke out this afternoon in a basement of two adjoining stores on Utica Avenue and President Street. The fire started in the storage area and was not deemed suspicious; firefighters had the blaze out in less than 15 minutes.
POSTVILLE, IA — A large fire in the eastern Iowa town of Postville devoured a downtown bakery today and displaced at least 13 people who lived in upstairs apartments, an eyewitness said.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Another set of manholes exploded this afternoon, this time on Kingston Avenue and President Street. With the hotter summer days the demand for more air conditioning seems to be taxing on the ConEdison electricity grid, causing numerous failures around the city.
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