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.
Sunset Park residents displaced by apparent e-bike fire: FDNY
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Fatal Boerum Hill fire claims one life and leaves three others, including toddler, in critical condition
Feb. 5, 2024 By Lloyd Mitchell & Meaghan McGoldrick O’Neil
One person is dead and three others, including a toddler, are in critical condition Monday after a fatal fire in Boerum Hill Sunday afternoon.
Construction worker dies in partial collapse of Borough Park building violating a stop-work order
Feb. 2, 2024 By Lloyd Mitchell & Emily Davenport
A construction worker was reportedly killed following a building collapse in Borough Park on Friday afternoon.
Sounding the alarm: Red Cross installs 134 free smoke alarms for Bed-Stuy residents
Jan. 17, 2024 By Adam Daly
Volunteers from the American Red Cross teamed up with the city’s Fire Department on Monday to install 134 free smoke alarms in the homes of Crown Heights and Bed-Stuy residents as part of the charity’s fire awareness campaign.
Woman in critical condition after East New York fire: FDNY
Jan. 12, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen & Lloyd Mitchell
A woman is in critical condition after an all-hands fire in East New York on Friday morning.
Two rescued from New Year’s house fire in Cypress Hills
Jan. 2, 2024 By Lloyd Mitchell & Kirstyn Brendlen
Two people were rescued from a Cypress Hills house fire on Dec. 31.
New Year’s Eve fire at East New York NYCHA complex leaves 80 displaced, 7 injured
Jan. 2, 2024 By Lloyd Mitchell
Two days after a devastating four-alarm fire an East New York public housing development, residents are piecing together what’s next in their lives and the new year.
Brooklyn legislators look to reinforce e-bike battery safety after multiple deadly fires
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.
Destructive Greenpoint fire caused by food left on stove, apartment building was in foreclosure at time of blaze
Dec. 22, 2023 By Kirstyn Brendlen
The four-alarm fire that destroyed a two-family apartment building in Greenpoint last week was accidental, FDNY investigators have concluded, and an investigation by Brooklyn Paper determined that the building was being foreclosed upon at the time of the fire.
Firefighters battle three-alarm blaze in Gowanus
Dec. 21, 2023 By Lloyd Mitchell & Dean Moses
Firefighters are still working to knock down a harrowing three-alarm blaze that broke out in Gowanus earlier this morning.