Jul. 24, 2024 By Lloyd Mitchell
Firefighters rescued 11 residents and two firefighters sustained minor injuries during a two-alarm fire in Sunset Park on Tuesday night.
‘They moved very quickly’: Firefighters rescue 11 from Brooklyn blaze
Tag: fire
Three rescued from apparent lithium-ion battery fire in Midwood
Jun. 27, 2024 By Lloyd Mitchell
Firefighters rescued three people from an apparent lithium-ion battery fire in Midwood early on Thursday morning.
Firefighters battle dual blazes in Brooklyn
Jun. 11, 2024 By Lloyd Mitchell
Firefighters battled two Brooklyn fires almost simultaneously on Saturday afternoon.
Propane fire engulfs dilapidated garage in ‘The Hole’ on Brooklyn-Queens border
May. 2, 2024 By Lloyd Mitchell & Kirstyn Brendlen
A dilapidated garage in “The Hole,” a small neighborhood on the border of Brooklyn and Queens, went up in flames on Tuesday afternoon.
Heroic firefighters rescue cat from Brooklyn house fire
Apr. 25, 2024 By Lloyd Mitchell
A cat is onto its next of nine lives after being rescued from a house fire in Brownsville on Thursday.
Firefighters battle four-alarm blaze spanning multiple Brooklyn buildings
Apr. 23, 2024 By Emily Davenport & Lloyd Mitchell
Firefighters battled a blaze that broke out within multiple Bensonhurst dwellings on Tuesday.
‘Intense’ fire breaks out in Brooklyn apartment building
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
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.
Brooklyn council member introduces slate of bills to protect tenants after residential fires
Apr. 15, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
When she first took office in January 2022, Council Member Jennifer Gutiérrez learned that her district had a particularly high rate of residential fires. Nine months later, that statistic hit a little closer to home when her chief of staff was displaced by an apartment fire.
Brooklyn’s beloved Ortobello restaurant looks to rebuild after devastating fire
Apr. 12, 2024 By Adam Daly
A 50-year-old Italian restaurant in Bensonhurst is looking to rebuild after a two-alarm fire tore through its kitchen last weekend, shuttering the eatery for the foreseeable future.