Fires

A fire at a senior housing building in North Bergen left two people dead, while also injuring two firefighters and two police officers. Dozens of people who live in the high-rise building have been forced out. NBC New York’s Charles Watson reports.

Two people died and two police officers were hurt when a fire broke out a housing complex in New Jersey overnight, authorities say. According to police in North Bergen, the fire broke out on the 10th floor of a 16-story senior housing high-rise on Grand Avenue around 1:30 a.m. Thursday. Fire was shooting through the apartment windows when authorities arrived…

Romney Smith reports on a deadly fire in New Jersey.

Two firefighters were hurt when they fell through the floor of a burning two-family home in New Jersey late Tuesday, and while the residents got out unscathed, they now have no place to live, officials say. Authorities responding to a call about a house fire on East Blancke Street in Linden around 9:30 p.m. found the home fully engulfed with…

A fire has torn through an overcrowded nightclub in North Macedonia, killing 59 and injuring 155 during a concert. Officials said victims suffered burns, smoke inhalation, and injuries from a panicked crowd surge. At least 15 people have been detained as the club exceeded its capacity and lacked a proper license. Videos showed pyrotechnics igniting the ceiling before chaos erupted...

A high-rise fire on Manhattan’s Upper West Side killed a 41-year-old woman and left a 77-year-old woman in critical condition, authorities said Thursday. Fire officials say a report of fire on the 14th floor of the 15-story building on West 73rd Street, between Amsterdam and Columbus avenues, came in around 3:15 a.m. More than 75 fire and EMS personnel responded….

A woman is dead, another fighting for life, after a fire erupted at a high-rise building on the Upper West Side. Romney Smith reports.

Arson refers to the crime of starting a fire on purpose in order to damage property.

Dozens of investigators tasked with determining the origin of Saturday’s brush fires on Long Island have linked the blazes to a backyard in Manorville. Officials said Monday that the fires were sparked accidentally, after people in a backyard on N Cozine Road were attempting to make s’mores Saturday morning. The people starting a fire tried to use cardboard to...

The largest fire burning in Long Island’s Suffolk County were under control by the end of the weekend, as strong wind gusts continued to be a concern for first responders. 

Firefighters said their response to the blaze in the Fordham neighborhood was impeded by parked cars that blocked their access to fire hydrants. Flames ripped through two buildings on Anthony Avenue, one of which was a Buddhist temple, leaving two people dead. NBC New York’s Gaby Acevedo reports.

Two people died in a fire that erupted at a Bronx Thai Buddhist temple early Wednesday, authorities say. The fire broke out in Fordham Heights on Anthony Avenue, between East Burnside Avenue and East 180th Street, around 6 a.m. Responding crews found one building fully engulfed in flames, with the fire spreading. Cellphone video showed flames ripping through the two…

Firefighters say cars parked in front of a hydrant impeded their efforts.

Four firefighters were hurt battling a raging fire in Harlem late Wednesday, authorities say. Emergency crews were called to a long-vacant five-story building on West 139th Street around 9 p.m. Firefighters were on scene in three minutes, officials said, and encountered heavy fire on all five floors and through the roof. Fire spread to both buildings to the left and…

No civilians were hurt, but it was quite a scene in the night sky.

Romney Smith reporting on 5 people hurt in Brooklyn house fire.

Bitterly cold temperatures hindered firefighters’ efforts to douse a Brooklyn house fire early Wednesday, with frozen hydrants complicating the response as personnel encountered heavy flames, officials said. A total of five people were injured in the blaze that broke out on 38th Street in the Flatlands around 12:45 a.m. All were neighbors; all but one of them were taken to…

At least two of the victims died after jumping from the building in a panic.The blaze is believed to have started in the hotel’s restaurant section. Part of the 161-room hotel is on the side of a cliff, hampering efforts to combat the flames.

The Eaton Fire, one of two major wildfires burning in the Southern California region, is now the second-most destructive wildfire on record in California, according to Cal Fire. The fire, which started the night of Jan. 7 near Altadena, has torched 14,117 acres and over 7,000 buildings, and taken the lives of 15 people. The fire is currently at 35%...

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