http://fw.to/u5ncocF An elderly woman is dead after a fire breaks out inside a Brooklyn apartment building early Thursday morning. It happened around 1:15 a.m. inside a four-story brownstone located at 1347 Pacific Street in Crown Heights. Gertrude Duncan, 81, was pronounced dead at the scene. She lived with her daughter on the first floor, where […]
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WTC Funeral – Retired Firefighter Michael L. Duffy, Ladder Company 174 – from 2017-08-10 to 2017-08-12
WTC Funeral – Retired Firefighter Michael L. Duffy, Ladder Company 174 – from 2017-08-10 to 2017-08-12 Wake Thursday, August 10th from 6-9pm Friday, August 11th from 2-4pm & 7-9pm James P. Byrnes Funeral Home 2384 Gerritsen Ave. Brooklyn, NY 11229 718-743-1099 Funeral Mass Saturday, August 12th at 10:30am Resurrection Church 2331 Gerritsen Ave. Brooklyn, NY […]
FDNY Ambulance Collides With SUV on Way to Emergency: Officials
@MrNaassir/Twitter An FDNY ambulance collided with an SUV as it was rushing to an emergency in Manhattan, fire officials say. The ambulance was traveling near the intersection of 19th Street and Eighth Avenue shortly before 1:30 p.m. when the two vehicles collided. It appeared the ambulance hit the SUV’s front-right side. Both vehicles had front-end […]
Car Erupts into Flames on Approach Ramp to Verrazano-Narrows Bridg
NY Daily News – August 05, 2017 by DAN RIVOLI GRAHAM RAYMAN Flames engulfed a red car on an approach ramp to the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, but its driver got out before becoming a burn victim. The fire — in a Staten Island-bound lane — was captured on dramatic video beginning around 1:10 p.m. Friday. Emergency […]
Grand Central Fire: Firefighters Battle Tractor-Trailer Blaze, FDNY Says
The Patch – August 05, 2017 by Brendan Krisel (Patch National Staff) Firefighters battled a tractor-trailer fire on an elevated platform outside Grand Central Terminal Friday. MIDTOWN MANHATTAN, NY — Firefighters put out a fire Friday morning on an elevated platform outside Grand Central Terminal, an FDNY spokeswoman told Patch. The fire started around 11:29 […]
Firefighters Save Resident after Blaze Tears Through Fifth Floor of Bronx Apartment Building
NY Daily News – August 05, 2017 by ADAM SHRIER Firefighters rescued a resident who was critically injured in an apartment fire that broke out in a Bronx project building early Saturday, officials said. The blaze engulfed a fifth floor apartment and smoke flooded the halls of the Gouverneur Morris Houses on Washington Ave. near […]
Fire out on Belt Parkway ramp of Verrazano
The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge was jammed with traffic from a car fire and people leaving Staten Island for the weekend. The viewpoint is Brooklyn-bound on the span.(Staten Island Advance/Jan Somma-Hammel) 1share By Maura Grunlund grunlund@siadvance.com STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The Belt Parkway ramp from the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge was briefly closed due to a vehicle fire Friday afternoon, […]
Tractor trailer at Grand Central Terminal catches fire, FDNY says
A tractor trailer caught fire above Grand Central Terminal on Friday, Aug. 4, 2017, the FDNY said. (Credit: Luis E Mondesi S via twitter) y Heather Holland Heather.Holland@amny August 4, 2017 A fire broke out on a tractor trailer that was sitting on top of an overhang attached to Grand Central Terminal Friday afternoon, according to FDNY officials. The […]
One Injured After Fire Breaks Out In Upper East Side Basement
Firefighters had the blaze under control within 20 minutes. UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — One person was injured Tuesday afternoon after a fire broke out in the basement of an Upper East Side residential building, an FDNY spokesman told Patch. Firefighters arrived on the scene of the fire — 936 5th Ave. on the corner […]
Man injured in fall from World Trade Center balcony
Tuesday, August 1st 2017, 2:58 pm EDTTuesday, August 1st 2017, 6:22 pm EDT By Andrew Barnett CONNECT He was believed to be in his 40s. and Port Authority officials said that he plunged three stories onto the floor of the center hall. (Photo by Scott Roth/Invision/AP) (RNN) – A man was seriously injured after he […]
