Dec. 1, 2024 By Lloyd Mitchell A firefighter in Queens suffered minor injuries while battling a fire at a vacant building early on Sunday morning. Fire Department sources said the blaze broke out just before 5:05 a.m. on Dec. 1 inside a vacant home at 117-36 Smith St. in South Jamaica. The first responding…
Nov. 22, 2024 By Lloyd Mitchell The FDNY honored Chaplain John E. Delendick with a World Trade Center plaque dedication at Engine Company 257, Tower Ladder 170, and Battalion 58 in Canarsie on Friday, the first anniversary of his line-of-duty death. Delendick, who joined the FDNY in 1996, died on Nov. 22, 2023, after…
Sep. 16, 2024 By Robert Pozarycki, Adam Daly, Dean Moses and Ethan Stark-Miller Federal agents arrested two former Fire Department chiefs on Monday on bribery and corruption charges, sources with the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Southern District of New York confirmed to amNewYork Metro. Chief of Fire Prevention Anthony Saccavino and Chief Brian…
Aug. 25, 2024 By Lloyd Mitchell Firefighters in Queens battled a two-alarm fire at a pair of commercial buildings early on Sunday morning where more than a dozen drums of highly flammable chemicals had been stored. FDNY sources said the blaze broke out at about 12:56 a.m. on Aug. 25 inside 133-02 101st Ave.…
Jul. 28, 2024 By Lloyd Mitchell Fire marshals in Queens are investigating the cause and origin of a three-alarm fire on Sunday morning that left five residents and three firefighters injured. Fire Department sources said the blaze ignited at 168-20 Liberty Ave. in Jamaica just before 3 a.m. on July 28 and spread to…
Jul. 13, 2024 By Robert Pozarycki Fire Commissioner Laura Kavanagh, the first woman ever to lead the New York City Fire Department, is resigning her post, amNewYork Metro confirmed on Saturday. The New York Post first reported on July 13 that Kavanagh sent them an email Saturday notifying them of her decision. Kavanagh made…
Dec. 2, 2023 By Robert Pozarycki Thirteen people were injured in a huge Long Island Expressway crash in Queens early on Saturday morning, the Fire Department reported. Authorities said the pileup, which occurred at about 6:17 a.m. on Dec. 2, involved multiple vehicles on the expressway’s eastbound lanes near Little Neck Parkway (Exit 32)…