Tag: High-Rise

High-Rise Fire Kills One, Displaces 400 Residents in DC Suburb

February 19, 2023
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SILVER SPRING, Md.—One person died and one is in critical condition after a fire early Saturday at a high-rise apartment building in a suburb of Washington, the Washington Post and other local media reported. The fire in downtown Silver Spring sent more than a dozen other people, including three firefighters, to the hospital and displaced…

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John Robson: I’ll Stick With NIMBYism Over Being Stuffed in a Concrete Box

October 24, 2022
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Commentary Remember when they paved paradise and put up a parking lot? If not, don’t worry, because they’re about to do it again. The smart set in Canada, as elsewhere, are determined to cram people into cement and asphalt canyons and caverns and the fact that you want a house with a lawn simply proves…

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Fire Hits London High-Rise, Woman Rescued From 17th Floor

March 8, 2022
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LONDON—A fire broke out in a high-rise building in east London on Monday afternoon, trapping a woman on the 17th floor, emergency services said. More than 100 firefighters tackled the blaze on Whitechapel High Street before bringing it under control and rescuing the woman, London Fire Brigade said. Flames poured out from the block of…

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