Sep. 11, 2024 By Lloyd Mitchell A Brooklyn firehouse honored several of its own on the 23rd anniversary of 9/11, one of many commemorations taking place across Brooklyn and New York City on Wednesday. Members of Engine Company 214 and Tower Ladder 111 in Bedford-Stuyvesant remembered five firefighters who were killed during the terrorist…
Apr. 23, 2024 By Emily Davenport & Lloyd Mitchell
Firefighters battled a blaze that broke out within multiple Bensonhurst dwellings on Tuesday.
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.
Sep. 18, 2023 By Lloyd Mitchell Three people were injured in a house fire in East New York early on Monday morning. Flames erupted on the second floor of an attached two-story home at 106 Louisiana Avenue just after 6:15 a.m., according to the FDNY, and were burning through to the exterior of the house when firefighters arrived on the scene. The blaze left three residents with minor injuries, per the FDNY, but all civilians were able to evacuate and non were trapped inside the building as the fire progressed. Using four hose lines, firefighters were…
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Sep. 6, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer
A manhole fire in Crown Heights temporarily interrupted Con Edison service in the area after the blaze damaged numerous cables.
Jul. 10, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer & Lloyd Mitchell
Two people were left in critical condition after an all-hands fire in Brownsville on Sunday night.
May. 16, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer
Gerritsen Beach in southern Brooklyn is home to one of the last remaining volunteer firefighting units in New York — but the city hasn’t made it easy on them.
Feb. 21, 2023 By Emily Davenport
The FDNY is working to extinguish a four-alarm blaze that broke out in a building storing lumber in Williamsburg.