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.
A fast moving fire broke out in an apartment building this morning. The incident took place in the upper floors of 693 Albany Avenue, which is on the corner of Rutland Road, where the fire forced resident out onto the fire escapes.
N. MIAMI BEACH, FL [WSVN] — A rabbi, his wife and their eight children are looking for a new home after their house was destroyed by flames.
A car service Lincoln Town Car went up in flames yesterday, the incident took place on East New York at around 3:00pm, eye witnesses said flames started coming out from under the hood and an explosion engulfed the entire car in flames.
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 over, officials and a witness said.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A fast moving fire broke out this morning in an apartment building. The incident began at 9:00am on the fourth floor of 570 Lefferts Avenue near the corner of Kingston Avenue.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A fire broke out this afternoon in a multi family home on Eastern Parkway. The incident took palace at 741 Eastern Parkway at around 11:45am, where fire broke out on the ground floor.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A fire broke out this afternoon in a basement of two adjoining stores on Utica Avenue and President Street. The fire started in the storage area and was not deemed suspicious; firefighters had the blaze out in less than 15 minutes.
POSTVILLE, IA — A large fire in the eastern Iowa town of Postville devoured a downtown bakery today and displaced at least 13 people who lived in upstairs apartments, an eyewitness said.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Another set of manholes exploded this afternoon, this time on Kingston Avenue and President Street. With the hotter summer days the demand for more air conditioning seems to be taxing on the ConEdison electricity grid, causing numerous failures around the city.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A series of manhole explosions rocked Kingston Avenue between Empire Boulevard and Lefferts Avenue last night, knocking out power to a number of buildings and leaving behind the arcid smell of burnt copper and rubber.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A fire broke out this afternoon in a small apartment building on Nostrand Avenue and Lincoln Road; prompting a large response of firefighters and rescue personal.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A fire broke out this afternoon in a vacant apartment on the 4th floor of an apartment building on Rochester Avenue and President Street.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Later afternoon Friday a car driving on Troy Ave and Easern Pkwy burst into flames. The incident happened as the vehicle, driven by a Black male was coming up onto the intersection of Eastern Pkwy from Troy Ave. He saw smoke coming out of his hood, and quickly pulled over and called 911.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Flames lit up the night and smoke billowed out of the boarded up windows of a vacant home one Eastern Parkway. The fire broke out at around 3:30am inside of 1154 Eastern Parkway which is three family home off the corner of Utica Avenue, and there were reports of people trapped on the second floor.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] – Last night, Monday, a fire broke out in an apartment on St. Johns Place, just a block away from the local firehouse from which they responded and had the fire under control within minutes.
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