FDNY Firefighters Injured in Queens as Howard Beach Apartment Blaze Draws Massive Response and Displaces Residents
Two FDNY firefighters were injured while battling a three-alarm fire in a Queens apartment building; no civilians were hurt, and the cause is under investigation.
FDNY battles three-alarm fire in Howard Beach, displacing residents and injuring two firefighters
The FDNY battled an intense three-alarm apartment building fire at the Greenwood Arms complex in Howard Beach on Thursday morning.
FDNY has battled record number of brush fires in NYC
Neighbors and visitors to parks in New York City are watching the grounds and scanning the skies. Where there’s smoke, there are firefighters. The FDNY reported that firefighters have responded to more than 230 brush fires in the past two weeks.
FDNY Crews Face Challenges Battling Brush Fires
A massive brush fire exacerbated by the city’s ongoing drought destroyed about 4 acres of Manhattan’s Inwood Hill Park, FDNY officials said Thursday. The raging blaze, which began at about 3 p.m. Wednesday, tore its way through about 4 acres of parkland near W. 218th St. as upper Manhattan was covered in thick gray smoke for most of the day.
2 FDNY firefighters injured battling apartment fire in Howard Beach
HOWARD BEACH, Queens (WABC) -- Two firefighters suffered minor injuries while battling a fire at an apartment building in Queens on Thursday afternoon. It happened at a building at 86-10 151 Avenue between 85th and 88th streets just before 11:30 a.m.
Fire breaks out in Queens apartment building, two firefighters suffer minor injuries
The New York Fire Department responded to a fire at an apartment building in Queens Tuesday morning. Two firefighters were left with minor injuries.
FDNY battles fire burning through Queens building roof
QUEENS - The FDNY is battling a fire that broke out on top of a building in Queens. The fire broke out just before 12 p.m. at 86-10 151st Avenue in Lindenwood on Thursday. 33 fire units and 140 EMS personnel responded.
FDNY battles brush fire at Inwood Hill Park in Upper Manhattan
Nearly 150 firefighters and EMS personnel were deployed to battle a brush fire in the Inwood section of Manhattan on ...
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FDNY contains 4-acre fire in Manhattan’s Inwood Hill Park, using water from Harlem River
The blaze in the borough’s “most ancient forest” was the latest in a series of brush fires in the metro area amid record ...
Drought sparks record 215 NYC brush fires in two weeks: FDNY
New York City’s ongoing drought has sparked a record 215 brush fires in just the past two weeks, FDNY officials said ...
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FDNY battles Inwood brushfire as blanket of smoke envelopes upper Manhattan
Firefighters battled a bushfire in Manhattan’s Inwood Hill Park through the night Wednesday as two additional blazes ignited at other city parks amid a record-shattering dry spell in the Big Apple.
FDNY asks public to be 'vigilant' as extreme dry conditions persist, threatening more brush fires
One day after Gov. Kathy Hochul issued a statewide ban on outdoor burning through the end of the month, FDNY Fire Commissioner Robert S. Tucker reminded New Yorkers to be aware of the threat of brush ...
Fire burns at Hudson Yards high rise building: FDNY
A fire broke out on the roof of a 44-story luxury apartment building in Hudson Yards late Thursday morning, according to the ...
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Drought sparks record 229 NYC brush fires in two weeks, FDNY says
NEW YORK — New York City’s ongoing drought has sparked a record 229 brush fires in just the last two weeks, FDNY officials ...
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Fire danger continues into the weekend in Brooklyn; FDNY report over 230 brushfires in the last 2 weeks
Brushfires are popping up across the five boroughs, and the FDNY reports that number at over 230 in the last two weeks.