Over 100 firefighters respond to Dyker Heights blaze
Firefighters got the blaze under control, but not before it caused plenty of damage.
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Firefighters got the blaze under control, but not before it caused plenty of damage.
Police said the man told them he had chemicals in the home and was assembling vape dispensers.
Sources tell CBS2 the father was using chemicals to make vape pens inside the East New York home, which caused the flames to spread
The flames broke out around 1:20 a.m. at a vacant home on Weldon Street in Cypress Hills.
The flames broke out around 1:40 a.m. in Cypress Hills.
Police say someone set fire to the first floor stairs, and an accelerant was found in the hallway.
The flames broke out Sunday afternoon on the fourth floor of an apartment building on West 190th Street.
The FDNY said Tuesday that two people have died after a fast-moving fire at a Washington Heights apartment building.
A woman and teenage girl are dead, and three other children are hospitalized following a suspicious fire overnight in East New York, Brooklyn. FDNY Commissioner Laura Kavanagh spoke out about it, and other recent deadly blazes.
Police say someone set fire to the first floor stairs, and an accelerant was found in the hallway. CBS2's Kristie Keleshian has the latest from the scene in East New York.
A woman is dead and four children are hospitalized following a fire overnight in East New York, Brooklyn. CBS2's Kristie Keleshian has the latest from the scene.
Firefighters responded around 2:15 a.m. to a three-story building on Fountain Avenue near Calhoun Street. CBS2's Kristie Keleshian has the latest from the scene.
Fire officials said four people were found unconscious and had to be resuscitated before they were rushed to the hospital.
Fire officials said four people were found unconscious and had to be resuscitated before they were rushed to the hospital, CBS2's Naveen Dhaliwal reports.
One person died when the garage collapsed on April 19.
Wednesday, FDNY Fire Commissioner Laura Kavanagh toured the damage from the deadly parking garage collapse in the Financial District.
The FDNY is investigating a report of smoke near Central Park.
Investigators say it was caused by faulty electrical wiring on the first floor of the synagogue.
Three firefighters and a civilian were injured in the fire in Midwood. CBS2's Jessica Moore reports.
CBS2's Kristie Keleshian has the latest on a few residents' barely escaping injury.
FDNY fire marshals determined the fire was caused by cooking carelessness.
The FDNY says careless cooking is being blamed for an apartment fire that killed a mother and her two young daughters. Authorities have also revealed the apartment did not have a smoke detector. CBS2's Hannah Kliger reports on the heartbreak being felt in that Brooklyn community.
Chopper 2 was over the scene in the Tremont section.
Family members said they had no words to describe their pain, CBS2's Natalie Duddridge reports.
A woman and two children were killed when a fire broke out early Friday morning in Brooklyn. CBS2's Natalie Duddridge reports from the scene in Bedford-Stuyvesant.
