WNBC 4 – May 22, 2017 by Rana Novini An intense fire at a large apartment building on Staten Island early Sunday injured 15 people, including some firefighters and police officers, officials said. The fire at Tysen Park Apartments on Mill Road started overnight on the fourth floor and spread to the fifth, firefighters said […]
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Woman, 21, Tries Burning Down Bronx Church with Rum, Match: Cops
by ROCCO PARASCANDOLA, ROSS KEITH A Bronx woman was arrested for trying to light a church and its members on fire Saturday, police said. Eurasia Bryan, 21, poured out a rum bottle and tried to light the booze on fire with a match in front of the Ramah Christian Center on Fish Ave. in Williamsbridge […]
Dad Who Died in Fire was Celebrating His 62nd Birthday
The Staten Island dad who perished in an inferno on his birthday late Saturday was an inspiring professor who rose from humble beginnings to touch the lives of thousands, his grieving sons told The Post Sunday. Anthony Carter, 62, who was killed in a blaze at his home at 59 Pembrook Loop while he was […]
19 Injured in 5-Alarm Blaze at New Dorp Apartment Building, FDNY Says
By Nicholas Rizzi | May 22, 2017 11:45am @nickr15TwitterFacebookEmailMore NEW DORP — A five-alarm blaze Sunday morning tore through a Mill Road apartment building, injuring 19 people, including five firefighters and four police officers, the FDNY said. The fire started on the fourth floor of the six-story Tysens Park Apartments building at 255 Mill Road at […]
City pumps $30M into FDNY and EMS operations
Bill de Blasio (left) and FDNY Commissioner Daniel Nigro The city is pumping $30 million into FDNY and EMS operations in the Bronx, officials said Monday. The investment will include funding for new ambulances and equipment, as well as $17 million toward construction repairs to EMS Station 17 at 109 Ogden Ave., which has been […]
Greek Orthodox church burns in Corona
Two firefighters, one civilian injured in Friday’s blaze TWITTER PHOTO / FDNY A fire did significant damage to the interior of the Greek Orthodox Community of Transfiguration Church in Corona on Friday, injuring three people. Posted: Friday, May 19, 2017 2:55 pm | Updated: 4:15 pm, Fri May 19, 2017. by Christopher Barca / Associate Editor […]
873shares BY SPENCER KENT skent@njadvancemedia.com, NJ Advance Media for NJ.com DUNELLEN — Two New Jersey teenage girls were among the 22 people injured when a speeding car slammed into pedestrians in Times Square Thursday, leaving one young woman dead. The girls, who are seniors at Dunellen High School, were taken to a hospital for unknown […]
Staten Island fire sparked by unattended candle causes multiple injuries, FDNY says
A Staten Island fire on Sunday morning injured 19, including five firefighters and four police offers, an FDNY spokesman said. (Credit: Theodore Parisienne) COMMENTS NEWS By Vincent Barone vin.barone@amny.com May 21, 2017 An unattended candle sparked an apartment fire that injured 19 people on Staten Island Sunday morning, according to the FDNY. After the […]
FDNY: Fire that broke out at Manhattan synagogue under control Updated May 14, 2017 9:47 PM
Flames from a fire that the FDNY said broke out Sunday night, May 14, 2017, at a Manhattan synagogue are visible from behind a building. The cause of the blaze was unknown, officials said. Photo Credit: Newsday / Víctor Ramos A large fire broke out at a historic and shuttered building on the Lower East […]
FDNY Foundation Honors Andreas Dracopoulos, SNF Co-President TNH Staff May 9, 2017
Photo: FDNY NEW YORK – On Thursday, May 11th, the Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY) Foundation will host its annual dinner in support and celebration of New York’s Bravest. The dinner includes the FDNY’s annual humanitarian awards ceremony, which this year will honor Andreas Dracopoulos, Co-President of the SNF and Steven […]
