Questions arise about neighborhood where slide killed 139
Emergency workers spent a fourth day digging bodies out of a massive mudslide on Monday, watching the death toll rise to 139 as questions mounted about why people were allowed to build homes at the...
View ArticleOne body recovered after U.S. cargo ship sinks in Joaquin, search goes on
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The captain of the 790-foot El Faro planned to bypass Hurricane Joaquin, but some kind...
View ArticleBrooklyn building blast and fire kills one, injures 3
NEW YORK - One person was killed and three more were injured in a gas explosion and fire that ripped the facade off of a three-story building in New York on Saturday, fire officials said. More than 160...
View Article1 dead, 3 others injured in apparent gas blast
NEW YORK (AP) - Officials suspect a recently disconnected stove may have caused an apparent gas explosion Saturday that killed a woman and injured three others in Brooklyn. New York City Fire...
View ArticleMayor de Blasio Delivers Update on Building Explosion in Borough Park (City...
(Source: City of New York, NY) October 3, 2015 Video available at: http://youtu.be/o5hlG8DKE98 Mayor de Blasio: Obviously a very tough day here in Borough Park. It is [inaudible]. It is the Sabbath day...
View ArticleApparent explosion in Brooklyn leaves 1 dead, 3 injured, officials say
Brooklyn explosion Mary Altaffer / Associated Press Firefighters work at the at the scene of an explosion at a three-story building in Borough Park, Brooklyn, New York on Saturday. (Mary Altaffer /...
View ArticleOlder woman’s body identified in Brooklyn gas explosion
The woman killed in the horrific gas explosion in Borough Park was identified Sunday as 64-year-old Ligia Puello. Puello lived on the third floor of the 4206 13th Ave. building in Brooklyn. “She was an...
View ArticleBrooklyn Building Explosion (NYPD - New York City Police Department)
(Source: NYPD - New York City Police Department) On Saturday, October 3, 2015 at 1:05 p.m., police responded to a report of a building explosion at 4206 13 Avenue, Brooklyn, within the confines of...
View ArticleGas leak suspected after blast kills 1; safety measures eyed
NEW YORK — A city official on Sunday proposed new gas safety measures after a house explosion and fire that killed a woman and injured three passers-by. Saturday's blast in Brooklyn's Borough Park...
View ArticleBlast and fire rips off New York building facade
NEW YORK (Reuters) - An apparent gas explosion and fire in New York on Saturday tore off a building facade and drew...
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Officials suspect a recently disconnected stove may have caused an apparent gas explosion Saturday that killed a...
View ArticleNYC firefighters hunt for woman missing since building blast
Click photo to enlarge Firefighters work at the at the scene of an explosion at a three-story building in the Borough Park neighborhood in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Saturday, Oct. 3,...
View ArticleNew York gas blast and fire kill one, injure three
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A gas explosion and fire that ripped off the facade of a three-story building in New York on Saturday, killing one person and injuring three, might have been caused by a tenant...
View ArticleFDNY: 1 dead, 3 others injured in apparent gas blast
Officials suspect a recently disconnected stove may have caused an apparent gas explosion Saturday that killed a woman and injured three others in Brooklyn. City Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro said...
View ArticleSecond body found in aftermath of deadly Brooklyn explosion
A second body has been pulled from the rubble of the Borough Park gas explosion, law enforcement sources said Monday. It’s not...
View ArticleSecond person missing in deadly Brooklyn gas explosion
A second person is missing after a deadly gas explosion blew out the front of a three-story building along a busy street in Borough Park, authorities said Sunday. Francisca Figueroa, a 48-year-old...
View ArticleBrooklyn explosion kills 1, injures 3, blows front of building into street...
NEW YORK — Officials suspect a recently disconnected stove may have caused an apparent gas explosion Saturday that killed a woman and injured three others in Brooklyn. City Fire Commissioner Daniel...
View ArticleNew York City explosion kills 1, hurts 3; gas leak suspected
Click photo to enlarge Firefighters work at the at the scene of an explosion at a three-story building in the Borough Park neighborhood in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2015. Fire...
View Article2nd body recovered after New York City building explosion
NEW YORK — A second body was discovered Monday in the rubble of an apartment building that exploded over the weekend. No identification had been made, and it could take time to identify the body. But...
View ArticleSecond body recovered after New York building gas explosion
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York emergency crews recovered a second body from the rubble of a Brooklyn apartment building destroyed in a gas explosion and fire over the weekend, city officials said on...
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