DYKER HEIGHTS, Brooklyn (WABC) — A pregnant woman and two children were rescued from a residential fire in Brooklyn on Thursday morning. The FDNY responded to the fire on the 7000 block of 15th Avenue just after 11:30 a.m. Firefighters arrived to find one child running out of a third-floor apartment and a second child […]
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FDNY KOs raging blaze at Elm Park home; family flees flames
By Paul Liotta pliotta@siadvance.com By PAUL LIOTTA and EDDIE D’ANNA Firefighters respond to a blaze at 67 Morningstar Road in Elm Park on Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2018. (Staten Island Advance/Paul Liotta) STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Firefighters battled a large blaze that sent a family fleeing and caused significant damage to a home in Elm Park Tuesday night. The […]
FDNY searching for ‘nut’ who went on Manhattan arson spree
The suspected arsonist who set at least nine blazes inside restaurants and apartment buildings in Greenwich Village and Midtown. A firebug randomly set at least nine blazes inside restaurants and apartment buildings in Greenwich Village and Midtown in less than three days, FDNY Fire Marshals said Tuesday. “The guy’s a nut,” an FDNY source said. […]
Decision Expected Soon on Fire Boat Moored in Hudson in Sleepy Hollow
FDNY Fireboat John D. McKean that was used in rescue efforts following 9/11 and Miracle on the Hudson. —Photo by Alexa Brandenberg by Rick Pezzullo – A report is expected soon from the Army Corps of Engineers regarding an historic fire boat that has been moored at the end of a pier near Horan’s Landing and the River […]
Divers rescue jumper, good Samaritan from East River
Jim Dolan spoke with the good Samaritan who tried to rescue a woman in the river. Mark Crudele, Eyewitness News Thursday, August 02, 2018 11:32PM LOWER EAST SIDE, Manhattan (WABC) — A woman who jumped into the East River naked was fished out during an hour-long search and rescue. It all came to an end […]
Worker injured at 3 World Trade Center
MANHATTAN — A worker was injured at 3 World Trade Center Thursday, according to officials. Reports of a person with trauma were made at 2:21 p.m., FDNY officials said. FDNY officials initially said a wall partially collapsed at the scene. The department later tweeted the collapse never happened. One person suffered a non-life threatening injury, […]
WTC Funeral – Retired Firefighter Charles Williams, Ladder Company 111
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2018 UFA Scholarship Fund Enrollment is Open
UFANYC.org – August 02, 2018 Applicants must currently be enrolled in college, trade or vocational school. This scholarship is for dependent children of active, retired or deceased Firefighters, Fire Marshals, Marine Wipers, Marine Engineers & Pilots who are full-time students up to and including age 23 for UNDERGRADUATEeducation. Active members and their spouses are also eligible. […]
Video shows manhole fire near school in East New York
<script type=’text/javascript’ src=’https://NEWS12BK.images.worldnow.com/interface/js/WNVideo.js?rnd=157719087;hostDomain=brooklyn.news12.com;playerWidth=630;playerHeight=355;isShowIcon=true;clipId=14507699;flvUri=;partnerclipid=;adTag=News;advertisingZone=;enableAds=true;landingPage=;islandingPageoverride=;playerType=STANDARD_EMBEDDEDscript;controlsType=overlay’></script><a href=’//brooklyn.news12.com’ title=”></a> EAST NEW YORK – A manhole fire sent flames shooting into the air in the middle a street in front of an elementary school in East New York, and it was captured on video. Authorities say the fire broke out at around 10:30 a.m. on Linden Boulevard. Read More
14 suffered injuries in Flatiron steam pipe explosion
By Spectrum News NY1 | July 20, 2018 @9:04 PM SHARE NEW YORK – City fire officials now say 14 people suffered injuries from the steam pipe burst in Flatiron early Thursday morning. It happened just before 7 a.m. on Fifth Avenue near 21st Street. A total of 49 buildings were evacuated, displacing nearly 500 people. The […]
