CBS 2 – January 15, 2017 by CBS News NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Authorities are working to determine the cause of a fatal house fire in Queens that left an elderly woman dead Friday night. Police say they responded to a 911 call for a residential fire inside of 69-77 180th Street in Fresh Meadows […]
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Queens Fire: House Goes Up In Flames, Sends Smoke Through Far Rockaway
The Patch – January 14, 2017 by imone Wilson (Patch Staff) FAR ROCKAWAY, QUEENS — A massive, three-alarm house fire at 3 Beatrice Court on the Far Rockaway peninsula across from JFK Airport caused only one minor injury to a firefighter, FDNY officials said, but sent excessive amounts of smoke billowing through the neighborhood Thursday […]
Firefighters Battle House Fire in Far Rockaway, Queens
CBS 2 – January 14, 2017 by CBS Local NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Firefighters were on the scene of a house fire in Far Rockaway, Queens Thursday morning. Authorities say the three-alarm fire started in the garage of a private house on Beatrice Court at around 10 a.m. The fire then spread to the home. […]
Fire Deaths Hit New Low, But Unions Say Population Growth Creates Issue
Chief Leader – January 14, 2017 by BOB HENNELLY Last year the city had the fewest fire fatalities since reliable data was first collected in 1916, Mayor de Blasio and Fire Commissioner Daniel A. Nigro announced last week. The FDNY said 48 civilians died in fires last year, a 19-percent decline from 2015, when there […]
5-Alarm Fire Burns Through Recycling Plant in Mott Haven Section of Bronx
WABC – January 13, 2017 by Eyewitness News MOTT HAVEN, Bronx (WABC) — A five-alarm fire is burning through a private recycling plant in the Mott Haven section of the Bronx. Two firefighters sustained minor injuries. The fire broke out inside Triboro Fibers on East 135th Street just after 1 a.m. Wednesday. The recycling plant […]
Nearly 200 Firefighters Battle Bronx Recycling Plant Blaze, FDNY Says
DNAinfo – January 13, 2017 by Aidan Gardiner and Danielle Tcholakian THE BRONX — Two firefighters were injured while battling a blaze at a Port Morris recycling facility Wednesday that took 7 hours to bring under control, FDNY officials said. The fire broke out just minutes after midnight at 891 E. 135th St., near Walnut […]
Red Cross Assisting Four Families After Two-Alarm Fire in Bedford-Stuyvesant
NY 1 – January 13, 2017 by NY 1 News The Red Cross is assisting four families after a two-alarm fire in Brooklyn. Flames broke out just before 5 p.m. at a three-story building on Park Avenue near Tompkins Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant. Officials say it took about 100 firefighters 40 minutes to get the fire […]
East NY Fire: Blaze Breaks Out on 6th Floor of Sutter Avenue Building
The Patch – January 13, 2017 by Sarah Kaufman EAST NEW YORK, BROOKLYN — A fire broke out Wednesday afternoon on the 6th floor of a 7-story apartment building at 1210 Sutter Ave. in the East New York area, an FDNY spokesperson told Patch. The fire that was sparked in apartment 6A resulted in all-hands-on-deck, […]
Water Main Break in Queens Floods Streets, Shuts Taps
Metro.us – January 13, 2017 by ALEXI FRIEDMAN Hundreds of Queens residents were without water and power this morning after a water main break flooded basements and city streets in Corona, forcing emergency crews to shut the taps, NBC4 reported. Water started flooding the roadway after midnight today, along 60th Avenue, damaging cars, parking garages […]
