ConEd Battled Electrical Shorts Caused by Storm
Throughout the day ConEdison emergency crews have been responding to calls for smoking manholes and brownouts resulting from the weekend snow storm.
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Accident Eyed in Fire at Vacant Home
A home on Rutland Road that was vacant and under renovations, caught fire and had rescue workers battling the blaze for nearly 30 minutes. An accident caused by one of the construction workers is being eyes as the cause.
Suspicious Fire Prompts Marshal Investigation
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — A fire broke out earlier this afternoon in an apartment on Brooklyn Avenue, the cause of which was deemed suspicious by firefighters who had the small blaze out in minutes.
Fast-Moving Crown Heights Blaze Kills Elderly Woman
NY Daily News
An elderly Brooklyn woman died in a fast-moving, two-alarm blaze early Monday. The fire broke out about 4:35am in a deli on the ground floor of the apartment building on Franklin Ave. in Crown Heights, officials said.
Fire Injures Elderly Couple on Montgomery St.
A fire broke out tonight at a private home on Montgomery St. between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave.
Flashback: Fire Consumed Carroll St. Building in 1977
Thirty five years ago, almost to the day, in the late summer of 1977, a fire broke out at 1365 Carroll Street and destroyed most of the building.
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Suspicious Four Alarm Fire Ravages Building
Huge flames engulfed a mostly Jewish apartment building in Crown Heights last night; the very same building that had a serious fire this past Shavuos. Officials are saying the fire is suspicious because of how quickly it spread.
Photo Gallery: 7-Alarm Fire on New York Avenue
A seven-alarm fire broke out in a seven-story apartment building on New York Avenue in Crown Heights, after it was reportedly struck by lightning. Read the full article here.
The view from Williamsburg
During a brief thunderstorm this morning, lightning struck a 7-story building on New York Ave. between Winthrop and Hawthorne St., setting it ablaze. The smoke is blowing across the Crown Heights neighborhood as firefighters continue to try and bring the raging inferno under control.
Lightning Sets 7-Story Building Ablaze
The view from Williamsburg
During a brief thunderstorm this morning, lightning struck a 7-story building on New York Ave. between Winthrop and Hawthorne St., setting it ablaze. The smoke is blowing across the Crown Heights neighborhood as firefighters continue to try and bring the raging inferno under control.
Pre-Dawn Blaze Displaces Elderly Couple
An early morning fire on Crown Street today displaced an elderly Crown Heights couple and sent two people to the hospital.
Fire Scare at One World Trade Center
NY Post
It took firefighters just under two hours this morning to declare a high-altitude fire at One World Trade Center as under control.
Massive Fire Disrupts Yom Tov, Forces Building Evac
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — A massive fire broke out in a second floor of an apartment building on Carroll Street, just as families were sitting down for their Yom Tov meals. It took firefighters nearly a half hour to douse the intense blaze.
Fire Burns Two Houses on Maple Street
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Firefighters rushed to the scene of a blaze on Maple Street that was quickly engulfing an entire house and began extending into the attached home next door. Swift action prevented serious fire damage to the second home, but the first one sustained heavy damage.
Family Displaced After Suspicious Early Morning Fire
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — An earlier morning fire displaced a Jewish family on Lincoln Place and fire marshals believe the fire to have started under suspicious circumstances.
Fire Breaks Out in Building Across from Razag
Crown Heights [CHI] — A fire broke out on the top floor of a high-rise apartment building early Thursday, right across the street from Bnos Menachem girls’ school. The fire has left an 89-year-old woman in critical condition.
At around 4:00 PM today, a minivan burst into flames on Crown St. Between Kingston and Albany Ave., just as students from the nearby Lubavitcher Yeshiva were making their way home.
Video: Car Explodes on Crown Street
At around 4:00 PM today, a minivan burst into flames on Crown St. Between Kingston and Albany Ave., just as students from the nearby Lubavitcher Yeshiva were making their way home.
Suspicious Fire in 770 Worries Officials
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — An apparent electrical fire broke out this morning in the ‘Tifferes Zekainim’ room of 770. Firefighters extinguished the fire within seconds, but remained on the scene to investigate after graffiti was discovered.
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