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

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…

Elderly man described as “nicest guy” dies in Queens housefire
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Elderly man described as “nicest guy” dies in Queens housefire

An elderly victim described by neighbors as “the nicest guy” died in a Queens house fire early Sunday morning after more than 100 firefighters took two hours to extinguish the flames, officials said. The 82-year-old man, who has not been identified, perished in the three-alarm blaze that sparked out of…

63-year-old kidnap victim escapes trunk after car crashes into Seattle home
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63-year-old kidnap victim escapes trunk after car crashes into Seattle home

A kidnapping victim who was beaten, bound, and then forced into the trunk of his own car narrowly escaped after the suspected kidnappers crashed the vehicle into a residential home. The Seattle Police Department received multiple calls early Thursday morning that a car had crashed into a home in the…

Chicago firefighter Walter Stewart’s wife, three kids dead in house fire
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Chicago firefighter Walter Stewart’s wife, three kids dead in house fire

A Chicago firefighter’s entire family was tragically killed in the days after their house caught on fire – a scene he rushed to after hearing his home address over the radio dispatch at his job last week. Firefighter Walter Stewart’s three children – all younger than 10 — and his…

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

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…

Tony Malkin’s New Year’s Eve fireworks sparked New Zealand fire
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Tony Malkin’s New Year’s Eve fireworks sparked New Zealand fire

The fireworks weren’t a blast for neighbors. A New York City billionaire staged a private New Year’s Eve display that set a hillside ablaze near his New Zealand estate — and nearby residents are reportedly smoking mad. Empire State Building magnate Tony Malkin set off the extravagant display on his complex…

California woman Destiny Abdrazack dead in house fire sparked by Christmas tree
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California woman Destiny Abdrazack dead in house fire sparked by Christmas tree

A woman in California died early Christmas morning in a heartbreaking house fire sparked by an artificial Christmas tree. Destiny Abdrazack, 22, was celebrating Christmas Eve with her fiancé’s family in their North Highlands home when an electrical short from the tree ignited a roaring fire around 2 a.m. Sunday,…