Five people were injured, three critically, when a massive fire sparked by a lithium-ion battery tore through a Brooklyn apartment early Tuesday, FDNY officials said. The fire broke out inside the Menahan St. apartment near Central Ave. in Bushwick about 4:45 a.m., fire officials said.…
A fire that sent a large plume of orange-colored smoke seen for miles over parts of Solvay Sunday afternoon started in two large dumpsters, causing a shelter in place order for residents in the area, firefighters said. The fire — burning in…
Heavy rain spawned extreme flooding in New York’s Hudson Valley, killing at least one person, swamping thoroughfares and forcing road closures on Sunday night, according to authorities. Meanwhile, much of the northeast United States was bracing for extreme rainfall on Monday. As the thunderstorms…
At least 18 people suffered injuries after a double-decker tour bus and a city bus collided in New York City on Thursday. The tour bus crashed into the back of a Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) bus around 7pm on East 23rd Street and First…
Four people have died after lithium batteries for e-bikes sparked a fire in a New York building, officials said Tuesday, sounding the alarm over the skyrocketing number of such incidents. The fire broke out overnight in a maintenance shop for…
Five mischievous boys had to be rescued from a Staten Island sewer system on Tuesday after they crawled into a tunnel, ventured deep inside and then got lost, according to the New York City Fire Department. The FDNY received an…
A firefighter died inside a burning commercial building in downtown Buffalo, New York, on Wednesday, where a fire and sudden blast sent flames and smoke billowing into the street. Video recorded by bystanders showed teams of firefighters outside the building…
A raging three-alarm fire at a New York Police Department facility that holds seized vehicles and evidence including DNA from cold cases sent large plumes of smoke billowing across the Red Hook neighborhood of Brooklyn on Tuesday, as officials sought…
A firefighter was killed after a ceiling gave way in a fire at a home in Brooklyn on Sunday afternoon and another person inside the home was also killed, city officials said. The firefighter who died, Timothy Klein, 31, of…
New York firefighters battled a fire with "great volumes of smoke" nearly 36 years ago at the same Bronx apartment building that caught fire Sunday, leaving 17 dead -- all from smoke inhalation, officials said. The March 1986 fire was documented…