Personal Injury Law

Fire Department Report of Fatal Deutsche Bank Fire Blames NYC Fire and Buildings Departments and the Building?s Contractor

Two firefighters, Robert Beddia, 53, and Joseph Graffagnino, 33, died in the fire that broke out from a discarded cigarette butt in the former Deutsche Bank building fire of August 18th, 2007 during the demolition of the building. After the death of a firefighter, the Fire Department always empanels a team to study any problems that might have contributed to the death. A 176-page report written by safety chiefs investigating the blaze was made public this past Thursday, August 21st. A grand jury investigating the blaze is expected to issue indictments next month.

Among the findings and recommendations made were the following:

Full post as published by Legal Blog on August 25, 2008 (boomark / email).