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Dramatic Pictures of the FDNY at a fire in Queens

January 31, 2009

Five members of a Queens family were fighting for their lives Tuesday night after a fast-moving fire ripped through their home. Veronica Montero’s panicked screams – choked by gasps for air – begged an FDNY dispatcher for help as she tried to save her two little boys.

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New York Firefighter Injured in Structure Fire

September 24, 2008

SCHENECTADY — A city firefighter was hospitalized with a severe leg fracture battling a suspicious fire at a home Tuesday morning where a man was shot dead earlier this month, authorities said. Lt. Michelle Wilson was expected to undergo surgery at Ellis Hospital where she was taken after being hurt in the 4 a.m. blaze [...]

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30 FDNY Firefighters Injured In Manhattan High-Rise Fire

March 28, 2008

Authorities say a fire in a high-rise apartment building in Manhattan sent 45 people to hospitals. Thirty of the injured are firefighters. FDNY Deputy Chief James Daley says two gravely hurt victims may have tried to use an elevator to escape the building.While the flames engulfed just one apartment, the dense, black smoke seeped throughout [...]

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Firefighters Rescue Four from Fire in Brooklyn

March 23, 2008

Firefighters from Ladder 112 and Engine 277 saved three children and their grandmother from a fire in Bushwick, Brooklyn on March 21. “You get lots of butterflies in your stomach,” said Firefighter Rory Allen of Ladder 112. “It’s what every firefighter lives for, saving someone’s life.” At 3:39 p.m. firefighters received a call for a [...]

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