NYC high-rise ‘collapse zone’ leaves guests and locals scrambling for hotel rooms as street closures continue - The high-rise previously housed offices for the pharmaceutical company Pfizer and was be

One person has died after a two‑alarm fire early Tuesday at a 10‑story high‑rise apartment building in southeast Washington.

The flames lit up the night sky. Thick, dark smoke poured out of windows and in the end, a charred and brittle structure remained, almost unrecognizable. The burning of a West London high-rise apartment building left at least 17 people dead earlier this week.