5 Treated After Fire Rips Through Brownsville Apartment Building
The FDNY said the fire started in an apartment on the third floor of the 14-story building.
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The FDNY said the fire started in an apartment on the third floor of the 14-story building.
Firefighters responded to a 911 call Friday afternoon at an apartment building in the Silver Lake section of the borough.
The first firefighter inoculations target those who work on engine companies, as opposed to those who work on ladder companies.
The FDNY said the fire started around 9 p.m. on the second floor of a building in Bay Ridge.
The FDNY and NYPD sent divers into the river near 34th Street after getting multiple reports of a man submerged in the water.
EMS will be the first members of the FDNY to get vaccinated, followed by firefighters next week.
Police say a fire engine was responding to a fire in the area when it hit a car and then crashed into a vacant commercial building.
Neighbors were woken by the smell of smoke around 5:30 a.m. The towering flames were so intense that families inside had little time to escape.
The vaccine will not be mandatory for EMS workers or firefighters.
Edie Falco, Lorraine Bracco, Vincent Pastore and Jaime-Lynn Sigler and among those taking part in the Q&A session.
Police say the EMTs were lured to the building by a false 911 call.
Officials say two FDNY emergency medical technicians were responding to a call about a person having a seizure when they were approached by a man with a gun and robbed.
Officials said about 60 firefighters and 12 units responded to the two-story home.
Residents watched in devastation and disbelief as their Richmond Hill apartments went up in flames early Thursday morning.
Authorities said the EMS team responded to a bogus 911 call around 11 p.m. on Sackman Street in Brownsville.
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A damaging fire in the East Village spread to several buildings and destroyed a historic church.
Police said the fire truck was rushing to a nearby fire when it was T-boned by a livery cab.
The FDNY confirmed to CBS2 it is planning to potentially have its first responders vaccinated for COVID-19 as early as next month.
A mother and daughter tragically died after flames took over their Washington Heights apartment just after midnight Sunday.
Two people, including a firefighters, suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
The flames broke out around 1:30 a.m. on Harding Avenue near Emerson Avenue in Throggs Neck.
More than 160 firefighters responded to the strip of stores and restaurants on 38th Avenue and Main Street just after 11 p.m. Friday night.
The mayor's office and the FDNY say police will be called in as part of the new team if a weapon is involved or there's any threat of harm. They say the health professional will coordinate the effort.
Firefighters were at the scene of a manhole fire in Midtown on Monday night that started spreading to a nearby building.
