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‘Intense’ fire breaks out in Brooklyn apartment building

fire truck in bath beach

Apr. 22, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen & Lloyd Mitchell

An all-hands fire tore through a Bath Beach apartment building on Sunday night after a resident said she dropped a candle inside her apartment. 

FDNY makes first lithium-ion battery arrest at Flatbush bike shop

lithium-ion battery arrest

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.