Firefighters Battle Early Morning Blaze At Brooklyn Apartment
The call came in around 4 a.m. and went to two alarms.
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The call came in around 4 a.m. and went to two alarms.
Fire officials said the fire started on the first floor of a home on Story Avenue and then quickly spread to the structure next door.
FDNY officials said the flames broke out on the second floor of an apartment building shortly after 10:30 a.m. on Webb Avenue near West 197th Street in the Kingsbridge Heights.
Fire investigators said e-bike batteries caused a deadly fire in the East Village that left two teenagers clinging to a pole trying to escape the flames.
Officials say two teens narrowly escaped the fire, and several e-bikes inside were destroyed.
Dozens of firefighters could be seen working nonstop for nearly two hours to save the man.
The FDNY said the fire was raging when firefighters arrived on 162nd Street near 71st Avenue in Flushing.
The flames broke out just before 4 a.m. on Ralph Avenue near Fulton Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant.
It erupted in an apartment building on Montague Street, and grew to five alarms.
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The fire broke out just after 11 p.m. Thursday on the top floor of a three-story apartment building on Devoe Street.
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An 81-year-old man was also killed in the blaze, and eight other people were treated for smoke inhalation and other injuries.
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A third victim suffered minor injuries.
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We have issued a First Alert Weather Day Tuesday as travel could be impacted due to slick roads, especially north and west of the city.
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It's a First Alert Weather Day as a mixture of snow and rain move through the Tri-State Area Tuesday morning.
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