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Supreme Court Police Car Set on Fire
Someone set fire to a Supreme Court police car Wednesday afternoon, according to Supreme Court media relations.
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Vehicle Fire in Lincoln Tunnel Forces Temporary Closures, Long Delays
Transit authorities closed both directions of travel through the Lincoln Tunnel Sunday evening when a vehicle caught fire. The north and south tubes of the tunnel reopened shortly before 7 p.m., but the center tube remained closed, according to NYCEM. The NYCEM Twitter account urged drivers to consider alternative routes during the delay. The closure began started around 5 p.m….
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Good Samaritan Saves Man's Life After Fiery Motorcycle Crash in Egg Harbor Township
A Good Samaritan’s quick actions saved the life of a man who caught fire during a motorcycle crash in the West Atlantic City section of Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey.
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Volvo Recalls Some 500,000 Vehicles Due to Faulty Engine Part
Volvo Cars is recalling about half a million cars worldwide because of a faulty engine component that may in extreme cases cause a vehicle to catch a fire.
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New Jersey House Obliterated in Explosion; Smoke Seen From Manhattan
A home somehow exploded in New Jersey Monday, generating a plume of smoke visible from Manhattan as firefighters battled a raging blaze on the ground.
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Off-Duty NJ Officer Pulls Man From Rubble After Blast
Investigators are still trying to piece together what happened to cause the explosion at the New Jersey home, which likely would’ve killed a man trapped inside if it weren’t for officers who rushed to the scene. NBC 4 New York’s Michael George reports.
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6-Foot Flames Leap From Car in Middle of Manhattan Street, Video Shows
A car fire turned a Manhattan street into what looked like a barbecue pit Monday morning, spewing thick black smoke into the air as firefighters battled intense flames, video posted to the Citizen app showed.
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Fire Devours Car in Middle of Manhattan Street
A car fire turned a Manhattan street into what looked like a barbecue pit Monday morning, spewing thick black smoke into the air as firefighters battled intense flames, video posted to the Citizen app showed.
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Death of 3-Year-Old Girl Found in Burning Car Is Called Homicide
Zoey Pereira, of Queens, was found critically injured, in a blazing Audi over the weekend and later died at a hospital.
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3-Year-Old NYC Girl Found in Chained-Shut Burning Car Dies; Father in Custody: Sources
A 3-year-old girl died after being found in a burning car in Queens that had its doors chained shut from the inside, law enforcement sources familiar with the case tell News 4. A gas can sat near the charred vehicle, footage from the scene showed.
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Driver Who Left Woman to Die in Burning Car on Brooklyn-Queens Expressway Is Sentenced to Prison
A driver accused of crashing on a New York City highway and fleeing his burning car while leaving his passenger to die has been sentenced to 12 years in prison.
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Car Explodes in Flames in South Jersey, Body Found Inside
A car exploded into flames Friday night in the parking lot of a Buffalo Wild Wings outside the Hamilton Mall in Mays Landing, New Jersey.
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Car Crashes Into House's Front Steps, Catches Fire: Police
Authorities say a driver who was being pulled over crashed into the front steps of a house on Long Island and fled as the car caught fire.
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Driver Arraigned on DWI Charges in 8-Vehicle Pileup on LIE
A Long Island woman has pleaded not guilty to a charge that she was driving while intoxicated during an eight-car chain-reaction crash on the Long Island Expressway.
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8-Vehicle Pileup Leaves 6 Injured, 1 Arrested on Long Island
Police say eight vehicles got tangled in a chain-reaction crash on the Long Island Expressway, leaving six people with minor injuries, a minivan stuck under an oil tanker and the minivan’s driver under arrest.
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Smoke Billows After Car Catches Fire on Queensboro Bridge: FDNY
A car caught fire on the Queensboro Bridge on Sunday morning, officials said.
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Car Catches Fire on Queensboro Bridge: FDNY
Car Catches Fire on Queensboro Bridge: FDNY
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National Weather Service Confirms 5 Tornadoes in NY, Connecticut
The National Weather Service has confirmed a third tornado touched down in New York Tuesday — an EF0 with estimated peak winds of 85 mph near Newburgh in Orange County; an EF2 with estimated peak winds of 110 mph, and an EF1 with 100 mph winds, which tore through nearly 200 yards in Putnam County.
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Triple Round of NY Tornadoes Leave Several Dead in Storms
An EF0 tornado touched down in Newburgh and two hit Putnam County, an EF1 in Patterson and an EF2 in Kent. Tracie Strahan reports.
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11-Year-Old NY Girl Among 6 Crushed to Death by Trees as Ferocious Storm Slams Region
Powerful storms pounded the tri-state on Tuesday with torrential rain and marble-sized hail, leaving at least six people crushed to death by falling trees and hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses without power.