CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — At around 10:30 this morning a fire broke out in a home on President St, between Albany and Troy Ave.
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N. MIAMI BEACH, FL — A North Miami Beach synagogue caught fire on the final day of Hanukkah.
Sky Lake Synagogue on Northwest 183rd Street went up in flames while 25 children were inside for Hebrew classes Wednesday night.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] – Around 12:00am this Motzoai Shabbos a fire broke out in a Jewish home on Montgomery Street between New York and Brooklyn Avenues, the cause of which is blamed on a Chanukah Menorah.
The house, which was empty at the time, had a Menorah next to a couch and somehow fell and ignited the couch. A Bochur who was passing by noticed the fire and called 911, who responded within moments and had the fire under control immediately thereafter.
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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] – At around 7:30 this evening an abandoned car that had been parked in an alleyway between Crown and Montgomery Streets and Schenectady and Troy Avenues caught fire, residents called 911 and FDNY reasponded within moments.
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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A fire broke out early this morning in 1544 President Street, a four story building which is mostly occupied by Jewish residents. The fire broke out at 1:30am on the top floor of the building.
FDNY firefighters arrived on scene within minutes and had the fire under control soon thereafter. There were no reported injuries B”H but the fire appeared to have caused lots of property damage.
More pictures in the Extended Article. (Photos by: Meir Alfasi)
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] – At around 3:45 this afternoon residents of 675 Empire Boulevard were forced to evacuate the building due to a heavy smoke condition on all of the buildings six floors.
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Crown Heights, Brooklyn — At around 2:20 last night a fire broke out in the basement of a home at 1607 Carroll Street between Schenectady and Utica. FDNY arrived on scene within minutes and immediately began battling the fire, the cause of which remains under investigation, which they had subdued shortly after their arrival.
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Crown Heights, Brooklyn — At around 3:30 this afternoon the driver of a van traveling on Eastern Parkway noticed smoke coming from under his hood and quickly the van erupted into raging flames.
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Crown Heights, Brooklyn — At about 3 O’Clock in the afternoon Today, Sunday, a fire broke out in an apartment building, 501 Lefferts Ave between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave. The fire was on the seventh floor of the coplex and ripped through an entire unit.
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Crown Heights, Brooklyn — At around 1:40pm today, Sunday, a fire ripped through an apartment of family who barely escaped the flames. The incident happened at 770 Lefferts Avenue, a large and relatively new building complex which houses close to 60 families.
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Crown Heights, Brooklyn — A large column of black smoke was visible just moments ago on Kingston and Eastern Parkway and a strong stench of acidic smoke filled the intersection. A parked minivan was going up in flames as firefighters battled the blaze.
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Crown Heights, Brooklyn — At around 10:40 this morning a fire broke out in the vacant Colel Building on Union Street. Firefighters arrived at 1451-1453 Union St within moments of the call and began battling the fire and placing it under control soon thereafter.
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Crown Heights, Brooklyn — At around 1:00 in the afternoon today a fire broke out in an apartment on the first floor of 706 Eastern Parkway. The apartment was that of the superintended of the building who told CrownHeights.info that he was using his computer when smoke started coming out of it and before he knew it the whole room was engulfed in flames and smoke.
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Crown Heights, Brooklyn — Today, Tuesday, at about 1:30 in the afternoon, a manhole exploded on Kingston Ave [between President and Union St]. An underground electrical circuit overheated apparently and sent flames and smoke into the air.
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Crown Heights, Brooklyn – In an early morning fire a bodega and an apartment were completely destroyed and what firefighters are calling a suspicious fire. The fire broke out at around 7:20am in 690 E New York Ave which is on the corner of Albany, FDNY arrived on scene within moments and began battling the fire and the fire was subdued shortly thereafter.
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Crown Heights, Brooklyn — After battling and successfully putting out the initial blaze earlier yesterday, firefighter were called back as the temporary repair crews found some parts of the ceiling still smoldering but not ablaze.
At around 11:15pm firefighters went back in to the house in order to put out the recurrence. After a short 15 minutes it was deemed completely put out and repair crews went back to work.
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Crown Heights, Brooklyn – At 7:45 this evening a fire broke out in the second floor of a Jewish home on Crown St. The incident began in a section of damaged wiring in the ceiling which caused a light bulb to suddenly exploded and instantly set fire to everything around it.
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