Aug. 15, 2023 By Kirstyn Brendlen & Lloyd Mitchell
Firefighters made quick work of what appeared to be another lithium-ion battery fire in Bensonhurst on Tuesday morning.
Lithium-ion batteries and e-bike catch fire in Bensonhurst building: FDNY
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One dead, three injured in Brownsville apartment fire: FDNY
Aug. 14, 2023 Adam Daly and Lloyd Mitchell
Two people jumped from the fifth floor of a Brownsville residential building to escape heavy smoke and flames during an all-hands fire that left one resident dead and three others injured on Aug. 14.
Firefighters battle all-hands blaze at East Flatbush apartment building with history of safety issues
Aug. 11, 2023 By Kirstyn Brendlen & Lloyd Mitchell
Firefighters battled an all-hands fire at the top of an East Flatbush apartment building with a long history of safety violations on Aug. 10.
‘I want to make sure we don’t go up in flames’: PLG tenants demand improvements after string of fires
Aug. 2, 2023 By Jada Camille
Tenants of a Flatbush apartment building are fed up with the state of their building after a fire destroyed a number of units last year.
Two in critical condition after all-hands fire in brownsville
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.
Hazmat removes lithium-ion batteries from Starrett City apartment building after early-morning blaze: FDNY
Jul. 3, 2023 Adam Daly & Lloyd Mitchell
Firefighters subdued an early morning fire that appeared to have been caused by lithium-ion batteries at a Starrett City apartment complex early on Monday morning.
Fire at Gravesend NYCHA complex injures 3 firefighters, 1 resident
Jun. 15, 2023 Lloyd Mitchell & Adam Daly
A fire at a Gravesend NYCHA complex on Thursday morning left one resident and three firefighters injured, an FDNY spokesperson confirmed.
Firefighter injured in three-alarm Crown Heights blaze
Jun. 14, 2023 By Lloyd Mitchell & Kirstyn Brendlen
One firefighter was injured while battling a three-alarm fire in Crown Heights on Tuesday afternoon.
Toddler among two injured in early morning Prospect Lefferts Garden fire
Jun. 12, 2023 Lloyd Mitchell & Adam Daly
Neighbors are hailing a sanitation truck driver as a hero, after the man repeatedly blew his horn to wake up residents and alert them to a fire at a Prospect Lefferts Garden apartment building early Monday morning.
Basement fire doused at East Flatbush deli
Jun. 7, 2023 Lloyd Mitchell
Firefighters quickly snubbed out an all-hands fire at an East Flatbush deli on Wednesday morning.