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Firefighters battle a 4-alarm fire on Gregory Avenue in Passaic, NJ on Friday, May 31, 2013. (credit: Steve Sandberg/1010 WINS)

Firefighters Brave 5 Alarms, Brutal Heat Battling Passaic Apartment Building Blaze

The fire broke out just before 9 a.m. Friday on the third floor of a building on Gregory Avenue. When firefighters arrived, residents were screaming for help from the windows and fire escapes, officials said.

2013/05/31

JFK Airport (file / credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Part Of JFK Terminal Evacuated For Over An Hour Due To Suspicious Package

Part of Terminal 4 at John F. Kennedy International Airport was evacuated Sunday afternoon, after authorities found a suspicious package that turned out to contain toothpaste.

2013/04/21

Port Authority Bus Terminal Evacuated Due To Suspicious Package

The Port Authority Bus Terminal was evacuated Monday evening, after someone found a package of what looked like grenades.

2013/02/11

FDNY (file / credit: Bryan Bedder/Getty Images)

14 Evacuated After Ceiling Collapse In Harlem Building

A partial building collapse Tuesday afternoon forced more than a dozen people out onto the street in Harlem.

2013/01/22

Police: Seaford Middle School Evacuated Due To Threatening Note

At around 9:30 a.m., a note was found in a bathroom at Seaford Middle School indicating some type of threat, police said.

2013/01/16

Generic Police File Photo (credit: CBS 2)

Sunrise Mall In Nassau County Evacuated After Woman Abandons Bags

Sunrise Mall in Nassau County was evacuated Monday evening, after a woman described as acting “incoherently” dumped two suitcases and a shopping bag in front of a jewelry store and walked away.

2013/01/07

Morgan Gliedman and Aaron Greene (credit: CBS 2)

New Details Emerge About Greenwich Village Couple Arrested On Weapons Charges

Morgan Gliedman, 27, is the daughter of a prominent real estate agent and a top-rated New York oncologist, CBS 2 reported. She was nine months pregnant at the time of her arrest and gave birth to a baby girl soon afterwards.

2013/01/02

Greenwich Village Couple Arrested After Investigators Find Explosive Powder, ‘Terrorist Encyclopedia’

Police Detective Martha Barrera reported that a plastic container containing a white powdery substance known as HMTD was found in the living room. The substance is highly explosive.

2012/12/31

Evacuation Order Remains In Effect For Some At Chelsea Building After Facade Collapse

The city Buildings Department said Thursday that one wing of the L-shaped, seven-story building remains under an evacuation order as contractors work to reinforce it. People were allowed back into the other wing Wednesday.

2012/12/27

Entrance To 655 6th Ave., Where Facade Collapsed (credit: Google Maps)

Residents Of Chelsea Apartment Building Evacuated After Facade Collapses

All residents of the building have been evacuated and the MTA has a bus on scene to help shelter the few dozen evacuees, according to the FDNY.

2012/12/25

A, D Subway Lines Rerouted After Wheel Reportedly Falls Off Train

A and D express trains were running on the local track Saturday, after a train reportedly lost a wheel on the Upper West Side.

2012/12/22

SWAT team leaves church after threat (credit: Ginny Kosola/WCBS 880)

All Clear Given After Newtown Church Was Evacuated Due To Threat

Police have since given the all clear, but at least a dozen police officers dressed in camouflage SWAT gear and carrying guns searched the church and adjacent buildings for an hour before announcing it was safe.

2012/12/16

Science Lab Mishap Sickens 17 People At Hudson Valley High School

A chemical mishap in a high school science lab Tuesday sent more than two dozen people to hospitals to be checked out, and forced the evacuation of the school for the rest of the day.

2012/12/04