SILive – January 31, 2017 by Paul Liotta STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The FDNY responded to a transformer fire Sunday night in New Dorp, a spokesman for the department said. No injuries were reported as a result of the blaze at 2525 Amboy Rd., the spokesman said. The fire, which began at approximately 5:00 p.m., […]
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‘The Flames Were Engulfing Everything': FDNY Responds to 3-Alarm Fire in New Brighton
SILive – January 31, 2017 by Paul Liotta The fire at 82 Van Buren St. broke out at approximately 7:00 p.m., according to a spokesman for the FDNY. Resident Lisa Wilson said she was unplugging a space heater in her apartment in the three story building when an electrical outlet began to spark. “The fire […]
Heroic 9/11 Irish Firefighter Becomes 124Th Officer to Die from Breathing in Toxic Air at Twin Towers
www.mirror.co.uk – January 31, 2017 by KATHY ARMSTRONGSTEPHEN JONES Brian Masterson pictured working in the dust cloud at Ground Zero (Photo: Longford Leader) A heroic 9/11 firefighter has become the 124th officer to die as a result of breathing in the toxic air at the Twin Towers. Brian J Masterson worked tirelessly at the scene […]
The Hudson’s Favorite Fire Fighter
Cold Spring resident works to save historic boat by Alison Rooney As a practical matter, the time and effort Cold Spring resident Charlie Ritchie has expended on his quest to restore a 1938 New York City fireboat would sink the most ardent of idealists. But the vessel, Fire Fighter, now a floating museum docked on […]
Blaze Injures 8 Firefighters and Leaves 4 Families Homeless, FDNY Says
By Nicholas Rizzi | January 30, 2017 11:35am STATEN ISLAND — An accidental blaze inside a New Brighton home injured eight firefighters and left four families homeless, officials said. The three-alarm blaze started at 82 Van Buren St. about 7 p.m. on Sunday and eventually spread to the neighboring 84 Van Buren St., a spokesman for the FDNY […]
Fire Tears through Brooklyn House, Leaves Family Homeless
NY Daily News – January 29, 2017 by AIDAN MCLAUGHLIN THOMAS TRACY A massive fire tore through a Brooklyn house early Saturday, leaving a family homeless, officials said.The blaze broke out about 5:30 a.m. inside the home on Coleman St. near Quentin Road in Marine Park and quickly spread. It took 106 firefighters about 30 […]
Taxi Driver Miraculously Survives Crash after Her Cab Flips Over
NY Post – January 29, 2017 by Amanda Woods, Stephanie Pagones A taxi driver miraculously escaped serious injury when her cab flipped over after barreling into a minivan that then ricocheted into an ambulance in Hell’s Kitchen Saturday morning. The chain-reaction crash occurred at West 53rd Street and Eighth Avenue at about 8:30 a.m., the […]
Hero firefighter dies from 9/11-related cancer
Modal Trigger Brian J MastersonHandout One of the first firefighters on the scene when two planes slammed into the Twin Towers has died, the 124th first responder to die from a 9/11 related disease. Ireland-born Brian J. Masterson succumbed to a two-year battle with esophageal cancer on Jan. 22, the Longford Leader reported. The 61-year-old […]
Statement from UFA President James Slevin on Death of Two of FDNY’s Bravest from 9-11 Related Cancers
UFANYC.org by UFA President James Slevin This week we mourn the deaths of two of New York City’s firefighters. One passed on Sunday, January 22 and the other on Monday, January 23 due to the results of cancer caused by their service at the World Trade Center site following the 9-11 attacks. FF. Kevin Rooney […]
Flames Devour Taxi on Manhattan Bridge, Filling Air With Black Smoke
WNBC 4 – January 25, 2017 by NBC News Flames consumed a taxi cab on the Manhattan Bridge Tuesday afternoon, causing traffic delays in the area as thick black smoke billowed into the air. No one was hurt in the blaze that erupted on the Brooklyn-bound upper level of the bridge shortly after 1 p.m., […]
