Brooklyn Fire

New York City Mourns Firefighter Who Survived 9/11, Died Battling Warehouse Blaze (How You Can Help)

Posted 04.18.2012

New York City is mourning the loss of a 9/11 hero, but keeping his legacy alive through a memorial fund for his surviving children. Lt. Richard Nap...

Fires Kill 1, Injure 10

AP | Posted 03.16.2012

NEW YORK — A 7-year-old Brooklyn boy died in one of two late-night fires that sent 10 other people to hospitals suffering from smoke inhalation....

FDNY Firefighters Severely Burned In Crown Heights Fire

Posted 12.19.2011

A fire set ablaze a Crown Heights brownstone on Monday morning, leaving five firefighters injured, including one firefighter with severe burns to over...

Baby Survives Brooklyn Blaze In Dramatic Thanksgiving Rescue

Posted 11.28.2011

Five family members, including an infant, are in critical condition at NYC hospitals after a fire blazed through their Brooklyn Brownstone on Thanksgi...

Brooklyn Fire Leaves 31 Injured, Four Critical

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

NEW YORK — Fire officials say a blaze in a Brooklyn apartment building has injured 31 people, four of them critically. The New York City Fire d...

20 Firefighters Hurt Battling 5-Alarm Fire In Brooklyn

The Huffington Post/AP | Posted 05.25.2011

NEW YORK (AP) -- A fire raging through a six-story New York City apartment building is proving difficult for hundreds of firefighters to get under con...

Brooklyn Fire Landlord Cited For Violations

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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Daniel Ignacio Held As Suspect For Questioning In Fatal Brooklyn Fire

AP | COLLEEN LONG | Posted 05.25.2011

NEW YORK — A drunken man set fire to his apartment by tossing a lighted toilet paper roll soaked in paint thinner into a baby carriage near the ...

Arson 'Likely' In Fire That Killed Five

AP | COLLEEN LONG | Posted 05.25.2011

NEW YORK — New York detectives investigating a fire that killed five Guatemalan immigrants over the weekend in a building without enough smoke d...

Bensonhurst Fire Kills 5, Critically Injures Baby

AP | VERENA DOBNIK | Posted 05.25.2011

NEW YORK — A suspicious fire tore through a building that housed Guatemalan immigrants, gnawing gaping holes in the structure's backside, partia...

Menorah Fire Leaves 3-Year-Old Girl Fighting For Her Life In Brooklyn

nydailynews.com | By Michael J. Feeney and Simone Weichselbaum | Posted 05.25.2011

A 3-year-old Brooklyn girl was fighting for her life Wednesday night after being pulled from a fire in her home sparked when a lighted menorah toppled...