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Man severely burned in sidewalk explosion in Queens, NYC

A man suffered severe burns in a sidewalk explosion in Queens last week. 57 year old Barry West was heading to his T-mobile store to pay his cell phone bill when a Coned underground transformer exploded sending a ball of fire through the sidewalk grate. The man was engulfed in…

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Electric Scooter being charged causes NYC fire that killed one and injured 11

An electric scooter being charged is the cause of a fire that ravaged a residential building in New York City, killing one and injuring 11. The fire started in the middle of the night, around 4;40 am on Wednesday inside an apartment on the third floor of a building located…

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Propane tank explosion results in massive fire injuring 3 people

Two houses caught on fire and 3 people were injured after a propane tank exploded in East Meadow, Long Island, NY.  A fire started in a house located on 7th Street. The flames reached two propane tanks that were located on the side of the house and caused a massive…

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21 injured and 200 displaced in massive apartment fire accident in Queens, NYC

21 people were injured in a massive NYC apartment fire last week.  The fire started around 1:00 pm last Tuesday in an apartment  on the 6th floor of a large building located on 34th Avenue near 89th Street  in Jackson Heights, Queens. While escaping, the resident of the apartment left…

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10 people injured in Bronx gas explosion

A  gas explosion injured 10 people including several children in the Bronx, NYC. The explosion blasted a three story multi-family residence located at 1520 Paulding Avenue in Morris Park, yesterday afternoon around 3:30 pm.  A gas leak on the building’s second floor  seemed to have been at the origin of…

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Multiple people injured in fire accidents in New York

There is always an uptick in fire accident injuries in New York during the coldest days of the year.  Last night a fire that erupted in an apartment building under renovation  located at 283 Monroe in Bed-Stuy and spread to adjacent buildings is the last of multiple fire accidents that…

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$60 MILLION VERDICT UPHELD BY TRIAL COURT FOR BURNT BEACON HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT

This week, in an unusual decision, New York State Supreme Court Justice Alexander Tisch upheld a jury verdict for  $60 million. Our partners New York personal injury attorneys Ben Rubinowitz and Richard Steigman tried the case before Justice Tisch last July. See Prior Blog. This is one of the largest…

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3 women and a young girl critically injured in NYC apartment fire

An overloaded power strip might have been the cause of a gigantic fire in a New York City residential building that caused 4 people to be critically injured. The fire occurred early last Friday around 12:15 am in a residential building located on 35th Ave near Rowan Street in Flushing,…

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22 people injured including 2 critically in Upper East Side apartment fire

22 people were injured in a fire that erupted in a high-rise in Manhattan. The fire started around 2 AM on Tuesday on the 24th floor of a 41 story building located on E. 72nd St. CLOSING THE DOOR COULD HAVE PREVENTED MANY INJURIES According to the FDNY the fire…

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