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    Firefighter’s Claim Goes To Trial

    Code Violation

    NYC Fire Truck. Credit: CityLaw.

    Tenant left on a food warmer which ignited a fire in the apartment where firefighter was injured. Firefighter John Walsh suffered a debilitating shoulder injury when putting out a fire in Miriam Michelson’s high rise apartment. Michelson observed the Sabbath and used a warming tray to prepare and heat food.  Michelson left the warming tray on while away from her apartment.  The warming tray was plugged into a timer which was plugged into a wall.  Because of faulty wiring the warming tray overheated which burned the wire’s insulation and ignited nearby combustible material.  The fire quickly spread from the kitchen to the rest of the apartment and up to the sixth floor, blowing out windows and causing an air conditioner to fall down into the courtyard, prompting a neighbor to call 911.  (read more…)

    Tags : faulty wiring, firefighter, high rise apartment, injury, wiring
    Date:07/20/2018
    Category : CityLaw
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