MOUNT HOPE, the Bronx — Fire crews battled a “heavy fire” in a multi-dwelling home in the Bronx Wednesday morning, according to FDNY. FDNY first reported a fire at 1920 Walton Ave. around 6:40 a.m. The location appears to be a six-story apartment complex, Google Maps shows. “Heavy fire” has been found on the sixth […]
Firefighters and Con Edison workers are battling a manhole fire on East 79th Street and Third Avenue. By Brendan Krisel (Patch National Staff) – Updated September 28, 2017 10:51 am ET UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — A manhole fire at a busy Upper East Side intersection snarled morning traffic in the neighborhood, fire officials and witnesses said. Firefighters […]
Firefighters put out the blaze then found a body inside the building, which had been deemed unsafe for occupancy. RICHMOND HILL, NY — Firefighters found a body in a boarded-up Richmond Hill building Tuesday night after dousing a blaze at the house. The home, on 114th Street near 101st Avenue, caught fire around 9:50 p.m. […]
Lynbrook resident and NYPD Sgt. Christopher Christodoulou died of cancer on Sept. 16. He will be remembered for many things, including his love of the New York Rangers and for singing his favorite songs loudly. (9/11 Related) By Mike Smollins Police barriers closed off Merrick Road, from Fowler Avenue to John Street, last Saturday as dozens […]
Brooke Guinan’s dad opens up in the new documentary, “Woman on Fire.” By Curtis M. Wong The father of New York’s first openly transgender firefighter opens up about his journey toward acceptance in this exclusive clip from the documentary, “Woman on Fire.” A third generation firefighter, Brooke Guinan began identifying as trans in 2011, three years into […]
Getty Images/File A man is dead after a raging fire tore through a Queens home late Tuesday, firefighters say. The FDNY rushed to a two-story home on 114th Street in Richmond Hill around 10 p.m. There they began dousing flames and removed the man from inside, officials said. The man was pronounced dead at the […]
An FDNY spokesman couldn’t immediately say if the body belonged to a squatter. (TODD MAISEL/NEW YORK DAILY NEWS) BYJOHN ANNESE NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Wednesday, September 27, 2017, 1:39 AM Firefighters found a body after battling a blaze in a boarded-up Queens house Tuesday night, officials said. The blaze broke out on the second […]
By Tracey Porpora Porpora@siadvance.com STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — If Stephen Siller — a New York City firefighter (FDNY) who lost his life on Sept. 11, 2001 — knew thousands of people would be retracing his heroic steps 16 years later, he’s surely be wearing a big grin. More than 30,000 took part in the annual Tunnel […]
Rob Becerra, 30, was banned from taking FDNY entrance exam due to his age Department has some of the toughest age restrictions for firefighters in nation Bans those who have reached their 29th birthday from starting application Now Becerra, an ‘actor/model and animal activist’, cries age discrimination A buff 30-year-old man has been told that […]
A man was killed Sunday morning after natural gas accidentally sparked a fire in his home in Queens, the city fire department said. It happened around 2:37 a.m. at a three-story home on 97th Ave. near 107th St. in Ozone Park. Firefighters said they found Mohinvei Singh, 68, dead in the basement after they extinguished […]
