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Flames rip through Bed-Stuy construction site, displacing neighbors

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Jan. 27, 2025 By Lloyd Mitchell Firefighters tackled a heavy blaze in a four-story building under construction in Bed-Stuy that spread to a neighboring, occupied building on Friday morning. Crews encountered a thick column of smoke while en route to 153 Tompkins Ave. shortly after 9:30 a.m. on Jan. 24. Upon arrival, they found…

Frozen hydrants, freezing temps challenge firefighters in Brooklyn rescue

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Jan. 22, 2025 By Lloyd Mitchell Firefighters rescued a man Wednesday morning while battling arctic temperatures, frozen hydrants and low water pressure during a three-alarm fire in Flatbush. Units from Engine Company 255 and Tower Ladder 157 arrived at 1005 East 38th St., near Avenue I, just after 12:40 a.m. to find heavy fire…

Firefighters tackle two-alarm fire amid arctic chill in Brooklyn

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Jan. 20, 2025 By Lloyd Mitchell Firefighters braved freezing temperatures and frozen hydrants while battling a two-alarm fire in East Flatbush on Monday morning. Crews from Engine Company 310 and Ladder Company 174 arrived to 102 East 46th St. just after 11:15 a.m. to find smoke coming from the second floor of the two-story…

Two-alarm fire leaves Brooklyn home uninhabitable

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Jan. 14, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen A two-alarm fire tore through a Bath Beach residence on Sunday evening, leaving the building severely damaged and uninhabitable.  The blaze started on the porch of the three-unit, two-story home on Cropsey Avenue around 4 p.m., per the FDNY. Flames engulfed the front of the home, requiring a…

Firefighters brave freezing temps to battle Brooklyn blaze, rescue pet

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Jan. 9, 2025 By Lloyd Mitchell Firefighters braved freezing temperatures early Wednesday to extinguish a fire in Canarsie. Crews from the FDNY’s 58th Battalion responded to heavy flames on the second floor of a two-story private home at 1445 E. 105th St. shortly after 7:15 a.m. During their search of the residence, firefighters rescued…

Two-alarm blaze displaces 14 people, 2 dogs in Brooklyn: FDNY

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Jan. 6, 2025 By Lloyd Mitchell Firefighters battled a two-alarm blaze in East Flatbush on Sunday night, displacing 14 people and two dogs. Units from the FDNY’s 15th Division arrived just after 6:45 p.m. to find fire on the second floor of a two-story private dwelling near Schenectady Avenue and Avenue N. Firefighters discovered…

New York’s Bravest: FDNY graduates 289 probationary firefighters at Queens College

Probationary firefighters graduate from Queens College on Dec. 27. Photo: FDNY Flickr.

Jan. 3, 2025 By Shane O’Brien Close to 300 probationary firefighters graduated from the FDNY Fire Academy during a ceremony at Queens College at the end of December following more than four months of training on Randall’s Island. FDNY Commissioner Robert S. Tucker presided over the graduation of 289 firefighters at the Queens College…

Firefighters rescue one person, one canine companion from all-hands fire in Brooklyn

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Dec. 30, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen & Lloyd Mitchell Firefighters rescued one person and one canine companion from an all-hands apartment fire in Midwood on Monday morning.  The fire broke out on on the fourth floor at 1233 East 19th St. around 11:30 a.m. on Dec. 30, according to the FDNY. As firefighters searched…

Separate residential fires leave 24 displaced in East Flatbush days before Christmas

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Dec. 23, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen & Lloyd Mitchell Two separate residential fires left 24 people displaced in East Flatbush over the weekend. On Friday, Dec. 20, shortly before 8 p.m., a two-alarm fire broke out at a single-family home on the 800 block of New York Avenue, near Linden Boulevard. When firefighters arrived…