THE BRONX, NY — A two-alarm fire tore through a residential building in the Bronx and left more than a dozen people injured early Wednesday morning, the FDNY said. The blaze in the three-story building on Holland Avenue near East 214th Street was first reported at 6:10 a.m., a Fire Department spokesman said. The fire […]
An arson fire rocked a busy commercial corridor. A fire in a second floor apartment at 1003 and 1005 Morris Park Avenue on Thursday, February 21 put two local shops on the ground level temporarily out of commission and resulted in an arson arrest. Ariel Santiago of 350 E. 143rd Street was arrested and charged […]
BY CLAIRE LAMPEN IN NEWS ON MAR 4, 2019 4:50 PM Big Sexy is back! (Michele Froehlich-Perosi/Facebook) Amazing news for those of you who spent the weekend’s back-to-back slushstorms wringing your hands over the unknown fate of local cat celebrity Big Sexy: After a very big adventure, this silky boy finally made it home, before the snow even started to fall. […]
Firefighters work to control two-alarm fire in a Manhattan brownstone at 305 W. 76 St. that started on the second floor. March 1, 2019. (Danny Iudici for New York Daily) Fire ripped through an Upper West Side brownstone early Friday, killing a dog and injuring seven tenants and a firefighter, according to the FDNY and […]
Uniformed Firefighters Association Union President Gerard Fitzgerald, center, discusses major cuts of federal funds fo 9/11 first responders during a press conference. (Byron Smith for New York Daily News) Nearly half of the 15,000 FDNY firefighters, officers and medics who were working on 9/11 — and survived — have gotten sick from their exposure to […]
BROOKLYN – Regina Wilson is breaking barriers, facing racism and putting out fires as one of New York’s bravest. Wilson, who has been with the FDNY for 20 years, was only the 12th African-American woman hired to the force. She tells News 12 she was recruited by the FDNY in the 90s, saying the department told her they wanted […]
Wednesday, February 06, 2019 11:13PM EAST VILLAGE, Manhattan (WABC) — A man is under arrest after officials say he vandalized an American flag that was proudly displayed on an FDNY ambulance in Manhattan. The incident happened Jan. 25 around 2:30 p.m. in the East Village and was caught on video. Read More
Firefighter swarmed a midtown construction site to rescue and treat construction workers overcome by carbon monoxide Tuesday evening. The FDNY said firefighters and paramedics were called to the construction site at 30 East 29th St. around 4:30 p.m. for a report of a construction worker feeling ill and dizzy. Read More
FDNY rescues puppies and kittens Firefighters and pet store employees rescue 40 kittens and puppies from American Kennels outlet at 62nd St. and Lexington Ave. in Manhattan on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019. (Aaron Fedor) Firefighters and employees came to the rescue of trapped kittens and puppies when smoke filled an American Kennels pet store in […]
By THOMAS TRACY | NEW YORK DAILY NEWS | An FDNY chaplain is joining the hunt for Buddy — aka Big Sexy — who disappeared last month during a photo shoot for the 2020 FDNY Calendar of Heroes. (Handout) The search for Big Sexy is getting some help from a higher power. Rev. Ann Kansfield, an FDNY chaplain, […]
