Nov. 8, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen At least 10 cars caught fire at an NYPD impound lot in Red Hook on Wednesday, less than two years after a blaze on the same lot destroyed a police evidence warehouse. The fire broke out shortly before 1 p.m. at the Erie Basin Auto Pound at 700…
Oct. 14, 2024 By Lloyd Mitchell Fire marshals are investigating the cause of a house fire at 39 Ave. O between West 9th and 10th streets in Bensonhurst on Sunday morning. Firefighters from Engine Company 330 and Tower Ladder 172 responded to heavy flames pouring from a first-floor window of a two-story brick building…
Sep. 17, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen The city took one step closer to cleaner, greener package delivery on Tuesday as the Department of Transportation advanced a delivery “microhub” pilot program. The hubs would give truck drivers a space to safely transfer their cargo from long-haul trucks to smaller, safer, and more sustainable methods of…
Apr. 16, 2024 By Dean Moses & Brooklyn Paper staff
A Brooklyn merchant wound up in fire marshals’ handcuffs for improper storage of highly-flammable lithium-ion batteries inside his business — the first arrest of its kind ever reported in New York City, FDNY officials announced Monday.
Feb. 16, 2024 By Danny Harris
It’s happened to all of us.
Feb. 8, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen & Lloyd Mitchell
Nearly two dozen Sunset Park residents were displaced by what appeared to be a lithium-ion battery fire early on Thursday morning.
Dec. 27, 2023 By Ximena Del Cerro
In November, a fire caused by a lithium-ion e-bike battery in Crown Heights killed three people and injured 14. Lithium-ion batteries were also to blame for a Bushwick blaze that injured five people in October, and for an inferno that destroyed a Sunset Park storage facility just a few days later.
Nov. 13, 2023 By Kirstyn Brendlen & Lloyd Mitchell
A devastating fire that killed three family members in Crown Heights on Sunday was caused by an e-bike battery, according to FDNY commissioner Laura Kavanagh.
Oct. 23, 2023 By Kirstyn Brendlen & Lloyd Mitchell
One firefighter was injured after lithium-ion e-bike batteries sparked a three-alarm fire at a Sunset Park storage facility on Sunday.
Apr. 12, 2023 By Lloyd Mitchell & Kirstyn Brendlen
The pandemic of e-bike fires continued on Wednesday morning in Cypress Hills.