taxej@lemmy.zip to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-213 days agoAn apartment caught fire yesterday in Queens, New York City. A man died because firefighters couldn't access the fire hydrant. A car is now parked on the same fire hydrant the day after this tragedycdn.imgchest.comvideomessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up1202arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up1196arrow-down1videoAn apartment caught fire yesterday in Queens, New York City. A man died because firefighters couldn't access the fire hydrant. A car is now parked on the same fire hydrant the day after this tragedycdn.imgchest.comtaxej@lemmy.zip to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-213 days agomessage-square25fedilinkfile-text
Yes, this is real https://qns.com/2026/02/man-killed-elmhurst-fire/ https://pix11.com/news/local-news/queens/car-blocks-hydrant-during-fatal-fire-in-queens-fdny/ https://nypost.com/2026/02/16/us-news/nyc-apartment-fire-kills-1-after-firefighters-struggle-to-put-out-blaze-due-to-blocked-hydrant/
minus-squareTigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·12 days agoOr why not placing them further on the sidewalk so there’s never a car that close to it? You don’t even need to have that spot free of cars, enough space for the hoses to get around it.
Or why not placing them further on the sidewalk so there’s never a car that close to it? You don’t even need to have that spot free of cars, enough space for the hoses to get around it.