Dorchester, MA
News
Traffic Closed For Second Day After Car Rammed Into Boston Building Traffic Closed For Second Day After Car Rammed Into Boston Building
Traffic Closed For Second Day After Car Rammed Into Boston Building Traffic delays continued the day after a car rammed into a block of shops, causing so much destruction to the building that it nearly collapsed. A car crashed into the block of shops on Sunday, Dec. 18. on Corinth Street in Roslindale, the Boston Fire Department said on Twitter.  A full evacuation was needed, and the Boston fire department used movement-detecting laser scanners were used to make sure every inhabitant in a nearly-collapsed building had escaped. Companies are using a laser to monitor the building to see if there is any movement. We are waiting on a structural engineer t…

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by Morgan Gonzales
Gaithersburg, MD
Police & Fire
Explosion, Two-Alarm Fire Rock Maryland Apartment Complex, Injuring 12 (DEVELOPING) Explosion, Two-Alarm Fire Rock Maryland Apartment Complex, Injuring 12 (DEVELOPING)
Explosion, Two-Alarm Fire Rock Maryland Apartment Complex, Injuring 12 (Developing) An explosion and two-alarm fire in a Maryland apartment complex left 12 with injuries and led to a structural collapse of a building on Wednesday morning, authorities announced. The incident was reported at approximately 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 16, in the 800 block of Quince Orchard Boulevard near Rabbit Road in Gaithersburg, Pete Pringer, the Chief spokesperson for Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services, said. The incident was reported at approximately 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 16, in the 800 block of Quince Orchard Boulevard near Rabbit Road in GaithersburgTwitter/@mcfrsP…

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by Zak Failla
Cambridge, MA
Police & Fire
WATCH: Lowell Firefighters Battling 3-Alarm Blaze, Building Partially Collapses (UPDATED) WATCH: Lowell Firefighters Battling 3-Alarm Blaze, Building Partially Collapses (UPDATED)
Watch: Lowell Firefighters Battling 3-Alarm Blaze, Building Partially Collapses (Updated) Firefighters in Lowell were on the scene of a three-alarm blaze Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 9.  The first call for help went out around 2:30 p.m. to 700 Broadway Street, but the fire grew quickly. It became a three-alarm blaze within 30 minutes. Officials have not said what building is on fire or what may have caused it, but the Don Kennet Auto Body Supplies is located in that area.  A portion of the building collapsed around 3 p.m., a tweet said. Firefighters had five live firelines beating back the fire.  One firefighter was briefly trapped inside the building, but they were evacuated and…

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by Josh Lanier
Brentwood, NY
News
Multiple Injuries Reported After Building Collapses In Smithtown Multiple Injuries Reported After Building Collapses In Smithtown
Multiple Injuries Reported After Building Collapses In Smithtown Six people were hospitalized after a building partially collapsed on Long Island. Police received a report about the incident in Smithtown at about 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 3, the Suffolk County Police Department reported. Police said the building, located at 840 Middle Country Road (Route 25) in the hamlet of St. James, is under construction. Two of the people who were hospitalized suffered serious injuries, police reported. Route 25 has since been reopened, police said. An investigation into the incident is ongoing.  This is a developing story. Check back to Daily Voice f…

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by Nicole Valinote
Bristol, PA
Police & Fire
Longtime Philly Pizza Shop Owner 'Heartbroken' After Building Collapse Longtime Philly Pizza Shop Owner 'Heartbroken' After Building Collapse
Longtime Philly Pizza Shop Owner 'Heartbroken' After Building Collapse The longtime owner of a Philadelphia pizza shop says she is heartbroken after a building collapse forced her to close the business and lay off her employees. Sharon Labens Garro has been the owner of Key Food Pizza in the Fishtown neighborhood for nearly three decades.  "In the past 26 years I have raised my 4 children here," Garro wrote in a post published on a local Facebook group page. "I have seen many customers grow up and to now see them have children of their own. My employees are my family and I am heart broken for what happened today. We will miss our customers tremendously." Vi…

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by Nicole Acosta
Bristol, PA
Police & Fire
Pizza Shop Collapses In Philadelphia Neighborhood (VIDEO) Pizza Shop Collapses In Philadelphia Neighborhood (VIDEO)
Pizza Shop Collapses In Philadelphia Neighborhood (Video) Officials were at the scene of a rowhouse collapse Wednesday, Sept. 14 in Philadelphia's Fishtown, authorities said. Video being live-streamed on Citizen shows the collapse of the three-story building, home to Key Pizza and apartments above at Memphis & E York streets around 9:45 a.m. The building was unoccupied and no injuries were reported, the fire department said. Breaking: Rescue operation underway after a building collapse on the 2300 block of E York Rd in Fishtown. Collapse at Key Pizza was next door to a property under construction. 📸:@afmiller_31 @FOX29philly pic.twitter.co…

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by Cecilia Levine
Hampden-Silver Spring, PA
Business
Man ID'd After Being Found In Debris At Martin's Famous Potato Rolls Chambersburg Man ID'd After Being Found In Debris At Martin's Famous Potato Rolls Chambersburg
Man ID'd After Being Found In Debris At Martin's Famous Potato Rolls Chambersburg A 30-year-old man has died following a building collapse at Martin's Famous Potato Rolls and Breads in Franklin County, authorities say. Steven Garrett Graby, of Washington Borough, Lancaster County has been identified as the man found in the debris at the construction site by the Franklin County coroner's office.  The collapse happened at a construction project on the company's campus at 1000 Garber Road in Guilford Township on Tuesday, August 30, around 2:15 p.m., according to dispatch.  Multiple concrete walls collapsed and although initially it was reported that a Martin's em…

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by Jillian Pikora
Lynn, MA
Police & Fire
Crews Battle 2-Alarm Fire In Lynn (DEVELOPING) Crews Battle 2-Alarm Fire In Lynn (DEVELOPING)
Crews Battle 2-Alarm Fire In Lynn (Developing) Multiple crews were on the scene of a 2-alarm fire in Lynn, unconfirmed reports said. The fire was initially reported at 44 Allerton Street around 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 30, according to a Tweet from @ChelseaScanner. Upon arrival, crews found heavy flames coming through the roof of the two-story home. Lynn Allerton St pic.twitter.com/0fR6E6RgXq — Sean (@seancarritte) August 30, 2022 Residents were forced out of the building before the entire roof collapsed, a separate Tweet read.  A Lynn Police officer, who was walking home at the time, helped rescue people from the burning buildi…

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by David Cifarelli
Hampden-Silver Spring, PA
Business
One Contractor Missing Following Martin's Famous Potato Rolls Chambersburg Building Collapse One Contractor Missing Following Martin's Famous Potato Rolls Chambersburg Building Collapse
One Contractor Missing Following Martin's Famous Potato Rolls Chambersburg Building Collapse A contract worker is unaccounted for following a building collapse at Martin's Famous Potato Rolls and Breads in Franklin County, according to the New Franklin volunteer fire department. The collapse happened at a construction project on the company's campus at 1000 Garber Road in Guilford Township on Tuesday, August 30, around 2:15 p.m., according to dispatch.  No injuries have been reported as of 4:30 p.m., according to dispatch.  York, Cumberland, and Washington counties' emergency services have been called to the scene, according to Greater Chambersburg Area Paid Fire Fighters Associat…

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by Jillian Pikora
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
Police & Fire
Streets Closed As Crews Battle 2-Alarm Fire At Morris County Veterans Association (PHOTOS) Streets Closed As Crews Battle 2-Alarm Fire At Morris County Veterans Association (PHOTOS)
Streets Closed As Crews Battle 2-Alarm Fire At Morris County Veterans Association (Photos) Streets were closed as fire crews were battling a two-alarm blaze at a veterans association in Morris County, authorities said. The blaze broke out at 210 Espanong Rd. in Lake Hopatcong shortly before 10:50 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 26, according to the Sparta Township Fire Department. The address appears on Google as the location of the American Legion U.S. veterans association. Additional crews were called to the scene following a partial building collapse, initial reports said. Meanwhile, Espanong Road was closed from Edison Road to Noland Point, police said. Scroll down to view additional…

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by Valerie Musson
Newark, NJ
Police & Fire
Major Fire Collapses Orange Building Major Fire Collapses Orange Building
Major Fire Collapses Orange Building A three-alarm fire tore through a building in Orange overnight. Flames burned through a Mitchell Street building around 3:45 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 25, collapsing the building. Posted by Millburn Professional Firefighters FMBA Local 32 on Thursday, August 25, 2022 No injuries were reported. The cause remained under investigation.

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by Cecilia Levine
Gettysburg, PA
News
Man Killed In Chicken House Collapse ID'd By Coroner, OSHA Investigating Man Killed In Chicken House Collapse ID'd By Coroner, OSHA Investigating
Man Killed In Chicken House Collapse ID'd By Coroner, Osha Investigating A man suffocated to death and seven others were hurt when a building collapsed in Adams County on Friday, July 29, authorities say. Jose Rojas Flores, 53, of Harrisburg, died of accidental traumatic asphyxia at the scene of the chicken house collapse at Hillandale Farms in the 300 block of Spicer Road, Tyrone Township that happened just before 7:30 a.m., according to Adams County coroner Pat Felix and Pennsylvania state police.  The chicken house on the property was scheduled to be demolished when it collapsed suddenly, police say. Eight people were inside at the time of the collapse,…

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by Jillian Pikora