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.
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.
Dec. 22, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer
A Brooklyn landlord has been charged after he allegedly set fire to a Cypress Hill rental property he owned with a family of eight tenants inside the building, including six children, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced on Thursday.
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.
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.
Dec. 15, 2023 By Lloyd Mitchell & Kirstyn Brendlen
Seven people were injured in a devastating four-alarm blaze at a Greenpoint apartment building early on Friday morning.
Nov. 30, 2023 By Kirstyn Brendlen
A two-alarm house fire in Bushwick left 15 people injured on Tuesday night.
Nov. 28, 2023 By Lloyd Mitchell & Adam Daly
Firefighters doused an all-hands fire at a two-story residential building in East Flatbush on Monday night.
Nov. 20, 2023 By Adam Daly
Firefighters quickly doused an all-hands fire that broke out on the first floor of a residential building in East Flatbush Sunday morning.
Nov. 17, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer
A fire ravaged a small Bushwick factory and left one firefighter injured on Thursday afternoon.