FDNY: E-bike battery started deadly Queens fire
A child and an adult were killed in the house fire on Monday.
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A child and an adult were killed in the house fire on Monday.
The agencies were told the cuts cannot include layoffs.
James Spoto was hurt battling a five-alarm fire in Queens on March 7.
The fire started around 10:15 a.m. Wednesday inside a building on 31st Street near 34th Avenue.
Chopper 2 is over the scene where the fire has been placed under control.
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Video shows East New York's own Spider-Man climbing a three-story building to rescued three children from a fire.
People in the area said they heard loud popping noises and saw people running out of a store on the ground floor.
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Dan Rice reports from Chopper 2.
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The flames broke out around 12:30 a.m. on the second floor of a building on East 31st Street.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Investigators believe a power surge caused the fire.
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Officials say an e-bike was discovered inside the home, but the cause of the fire remains under investigation.
Officials say an e-bike was discovered inside the home, but the cause of the fire remains under investigation.
Fire officials say the flames tore through two vacant buildings in the Highbridge section.
A massive fire in the Bronx is now under control. Two buildings caught fire overnight in the Highbridge section. CBS2's John Dias has the latest from the scene.
Sunday in the Bronx, a man in his 60s was killed in a fire around 4 p.m. along Olinville Avenue.
The FDNY says flames started around 2:30 p.m. Monday inside a six story building on Franklin Avenue.
The bills are aimed at preventing more fires and potential deaths from these e-bike and e-scooter batteries. CBS2's Zinnia Maldonado has more.
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