Dec. 20, 2023 By Bill Parry
The FDNY battled a two-alarm fire at a Richmond Hill machine shop on Tuesday night and fire marshals are investigating its cause.
Two-alarm fire at Richmond Hill machine shop on Tuesday night under investigation: FDNY
Category: Fire
FDNY battles three-alarm inferno at auto repair shop in Woodside
Nov. 16, 2023 By Bill Parry The FDNY battled a massive three-alarm fire in Woodside on Wednesday night that took them more than five hours to bring under control. The inferno broke out just after 10:30 p.m. on Nov. 15 at the MS Auto Repair shop at 62-15 34th Ave., according to the FDNY. The… Read more »
Four civilians hospitalized in Jamaica apartment fire: FDNY
Oct. 10, 2023 By Lloyd Mitchell and Bill Parry
Children across the city are taught at an early age, when leaving an apartment during a fire, close the door. The lesson was lost on a resident of an apartment building in Jamaica Tuesday afternoon and as a result, four neighbors were hospitalized.
FDNY fights 2-alarm blaze on a commercial strip on Main Street in Flushing Thursday morning
Oct. 5, 2023 By Bill Parry The FDNY battled a two-alarm fire on Main Street in Flushing early Thursday morning that broke out in a row of Asian restaurants. Over a hundred firefighters and 25 units responded to the location along 60th Avenue after smoke was reported to be emanating from Kung Fu Xiao Long…
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Elderly man dies from injuries caused by Sunnyside apartment fire: NYPD
Sept. 25, 2023 By Michael Dorgan A 74-year-old man who was critically injured in a fire inside a Sunnyside apartment building overnight Saturday has died. The victim, whose identity has not been released and is pending family notification, died after being injured in the inferno that started just before midnight on Saturday, Sept. 23, according… Read more »
Brooklyn woman with 37 prior arrests cuffed for deadly arson in Queens
Mar. 27, 2023 By Sarah Belle Lin Police arrested a Brooklyn woman with a lengthy rap sheet in connection to a deadly act of arson at the NYCHA Queensbridge North Houses in Long Island City back in 2021, the NYPD announced Monday. Tandika Wright, 36, was charged on March 24 with murder, manslaughter, assault,…
‘He lost everything’: Queens delivery worker recounts harrowing moment e-bike battery burned his flesh, left him homeless
Mar. 20, 2023 by Dean Moses and Adrian Childress Video by Adrian Childress Gabriel Dolores, a Mexican native and delivery worker residing in Corona, Queens, recently purchased a second-hand lithium-ion battery through Amazon in order to continue his job with Relay. It didn’t take long before disaster struck, and his life was forever altered.…
As E-Bike Batteries Spark Fires Across NYC, Landlords, Homeowners Move to Restrict Them
A wave of fires caused by e-bike batteries is spurring landlords and co-op boards across the city to consider outright bans or restrictions of the batteries inside their buildings.