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A Queens man and his 6-year-old son were killed in an overnight house fire in Queens, police and fire officials confirmed on Monday. The rest of the family, the boy’s mother and brother were able to escape the fire as it ripped through the East Flushing home around 1:15 a.m. Police and fire responded to a 911 call for a…

A father and his 6-year-old son were killed when a fire tore through a home in East Flushing overnight. NBC New York’s Gus Rosendale reports.

A 65-year-old man and 6-year-old boy were killed in an overnight house fire in Queens, police and fire officials confirmed Monday morning. NBC New York’s Gaby Acevedo reports.

A man in his 20s died after an explosive fire ripped through a New Jersey home early Monday morning. NBC New York’s Anjali Hemphill reports.

Three people died Saturday morning in a massive three-alarm fire in a Queens house with a history of complaints for overcrowding. NBC New York’s Anjali Hemphill reports.

More than 75 firefighters responded to a fire reported shortly after midnight on the 24th floor of a 32-story building in Washington Heights.

Authorities say one person was killed and several dozen people displaced following a fire in New Jersey in which two firefighters were also injured. NorthJersey.com reports that fire crews called to a Paterson street at about 10 a.m. Sunday found two wood-frame buildings engulfed in flames. Deputy Chief Frank Calamita said the blaze quickly spread to two adjacent buildings and then...

The four victims were all found in an apartment on the top floor of the six-story Mount Eden building, and were rushed to the hospital where they were pronounced dead. John Chandler reports.

One person was killed, four civilians were hurt and as many as 16 firefighters suffered minor injuries after a fire broke out in a Yonkers apartment building Sunday night. Three of the four civilians injured suffered minor smoke inhalation and the fourth jumped out of a window and broke their legs, fire officials said. The fire started just after 7:30…

One person was killed, four civilians were injured and as many as 16 firefighters suffered minor injuries after a fire broke out in a Yonkers apartment building Sunday night.

A 35-year-old woman died in a fire at a NYCHA building in Queens early Saturday, the NYPD said.  Firefighters responding to a report of a fire at a South Jamaica Houses building on 159th Street in Jamaica around 12:40 a.m. on Saturday found the woman unconscious and unresponsive inside a second-floor apartment, police said.  The woman was pronounced dead...

A 35-year-old woman died in a fire at a NYCHA building in Queens early Saturday, the NYPD said.

A father died and several others were injured after a fire tore through a house in Paterson, New Jersey, officials said. The fire broke out in a two-story building at 187 N. 1st St., near East Main Street, police said.  Witnesses in the neighborhood said dark smoke and flames engulfed the home while several people were still trapped inside. Family…

One person died and at least other two people were injured after a fire tore through a building in Paterson on Saturday, officials said. Anjali Hemphill reports.

One person died and at least other two people were injured after a fire tore through a building in Paterson on Saturday, officials said.

A school librarian and mother of three was found dead in a house fire Friday night in New Jersey. Sara Tarhey was found in the burned home in the Silverton neighborhood of Toms River, New Jersey, county investigators said. A man and three kids were able to escape, officials said, but Trahey did not. Firefighters found her body inside once…

A landlord accused of knowingly violating New Jersey’s fire code before a 2016 blaze killed a woman and her granddaughter has been sentenced to three years in prison. NorthJersey.com reports that Superior Court Judge Christopher Kazlau said 61-year-old Gary L’Heureux made what the judge called a “greedy” choice not to keep the Little Ferry home up to code before the August...

A mother and son were killed in a house fire in Nutley, New Jersey, officials said Saturday. The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office said 29-year-old Amanda Russo, of Nutley, and her 7-year-old son died in the fire. The fire broke out at the a house on Park Avenue around 1 p.m. Neighbors said the boy’s grandfather was hurt, but survived....

Essex County officials said a mother and son were killed in a house fire in Nutley, New Jersey. Myles Miller reports.

Neighbors said the boy’s grandfather was hurt, but survived. He was taken to a nearby hospital.