Two fast-moving fires under investigation in Queens

Fire officials in Queens are trying to determine what caused two fast-spreading fires overnight. A house fire in Maspeth left ...

Queens Fire: Multiple Homes Burn As Massive Blaze Spreads On 147th Street In New York

Firefighters battled a large house fire that broke out at 21-07 147th Street in Queens, New York after flames spread from one ...

NYC family’s home gutted in Christmas Day fire that spread from alley trash can

By the time the fire was put out around 4:30 p.m., the right side of the house was charred beyond recognition, and some deck ...

Second fire at upstate BESS site shows these unsafe, toxic facilities must be stopped | Opinion

BESS fires can’t be extinguished by traditional firefighting methods. The lithium-ion blazes generally have to be left to ...
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Fires Claim 13 Elderly Residents in Six Weeks, FDNY Says

Thirteen elderly New Yorkers have died following fires this winter over a deadly six-week span in a continuing trend FDNY ...

Former Fire Boss, Who Is Jewish, Wants to Move on From Mamdani Criticism

Zohran Mamdani chose Lillian Bonsignore to be fire commissioner, weeks after the former commissioner, Robert S. Tucker, ...

After the flames, a New York church returns to Christmas — and to itself

NPR's Michel Martin checks in with Middle Collegiate Church in Manhattan as it celebrates its first Christmas service since a devastating fire in 2020.