NY Girl, 7, killed in New Year’s Day house fire on Staten Island
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NY Girl, 7, killed in New Year’s Day house fire on Staten Island

ByNews Polite

New Year’s Day turned tragic on Staten Island after a 7-year-old girl was killed in a house fire, police and fire officials said. The blaze erupted shortly after 5:30 p.m. inside a two-story home at 110 Brookside Avenue in the Castleton Corners neighborhood. Video taken at the scene shows firefighters…

E-bike battery sparks another huge NYC blaze, guts grocery store and injures 7
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E-bike battery sparks another huge NYC blaze, guts grocery store and injures 7

ByNews Polite

An e-bike sparked a massive hours-long blaze that gutted a Bronx grocery store and injured seven people — two seriously — on Sunday, officials said. An EMS worker and a civilian were seriously hurt when flames broke out around 10:40 a.m. at the Concourse Food Plaza at 2096 Grand Concourse…

Stricken partner of FDNY EMT Yadira Arroyo recalls how tragic day unfolded
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Stricken partner of FDNY EMT Yadira Arroyo recalls how tragic day unfolded

ByNews Polite

The stricken former partner of slain EMT Yadira Arroyo described in Bronx court Tuesday how a routine day suddenly turned tragic when a deranged man hijacked their ambulance. Monique Williams recalled to jurors in painful detail how she and Arroyo, a beloved 44-year-old mom of five, were driving to a…