SULLIVAN COUNTY [CHI] — A minivan traveling west-bound on New York Route 17 near exit 113 suddenly burst into flames Sunday afternoon.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — An early morning fire broke out in the apartment of a Jewish family on Eastern Parkway, forcing the evacuation of the entire building. A number of reported injuries were all non-life threatening.
Only a few months after settling into the Bellaire community, the newest Orthodox rabbi and resident, Yossi Zaklikofsky and his family have been displaced by a fire in their home.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — For the second time in less than a week, a car burst into flames on Troy Avenue this morning, the fire quickly destroying the car and damaging a parked SUV.
EAST FLATBUSH [CHI] — A Sunday morning two alarm fire destroyed Oholei Torah’s East Flatbush head start division building.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — A fire which burned for over 2 hours completely decimated a Laundromat, sending plumes of smoke covering Crown Heights with the acrid smell.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — A series of explosions brought out the residents on Empire Boulevard who wondered what caused the loud noises. After 911 were called firefighters responded and determined that the explosions were caused by an electric manhole fire.
Several cars driving through the blizzard last night, Sunday burst into flames. The cars got stuck in the snow and tried to accelerate their way out of the snow.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Firefighters battled a stubborn blaze early this morning which quickly spread into the walls of the house, forcing firefighters to rip them open in order to properly douse it.
A police officer from Cyprus, working to fight the fire in the Carmel, told The Jerusalem Post on Sunday afternoon that 80% of the blaze has been contained, as three helicopters from Switzerland prepared to land in the area.
The ZAKA rescue organization says at least 40 people died in the fire on the Carmel Mountain Thursday.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] – A group of young hooligans set a number of trash cans aflame as they walked down Lefferts Avenue. The incident took place at around 3:45pm just as the public school around the corner dismisses their students.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — A fire broke out this morning in a large apartment building on Montgomery Street, and forcing the evacuation of portions of the building.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — A fire broke out this morning in an assisted living center on Kingston Avenue.
Investigators with the New York City Fire Department say an electric griddle is to blame for last week’s deadly three-alarm fire in Brooklyn.
A father heroically ran into his burning Brooklyn home multiple times and rescued five of his children Thursday night — but tragically couldn’t reach an 8-year-old boy trying to escape the flames through a third-floor window.
NEW SQUARE — Volunteer firefighters were battling a raging house fire tonight on Truman Avenue off Washington Avenue, the village’s main access road. No injuries were reported.
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