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  2. WILLIAMSBURG, Brooklyn (PIX11) - More than 200 firefighters continue to battle a massive fire at a Brooklyn storage facility Saturday evening. Firefighters initially responded to a sprinkler alarm ...

  3. Great Fire of New York - Wikipedia

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    View of the Great Fire in New York, December 16–17, 1835, as seen from Williamsburg, Brooklyn, painted by Nicolino Calyo. The fire began on the evening of December 16, 1835, in a five-story warehouse at 25 Merchant Street, now known as Beaver Street, [4] at the intersection of Hanover Street [5] and Wall Street. As it spread, gale-force winds ...

  4. Williamsburg, Brooklyn - Wikipedia

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    Williamsburg was incorporated as the Village of Williamsburgh within the Town of Bushwick on April 14, 1827. [25] In two years, it had a fire company, a post office, and a population of over 1,000. The deep drafts along the East River encouraged industrialists, many from Germany, to build shipyards around Williamsburg.

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  6. Domino Sugar Refinery - Wikipedia

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    The Domino Sugar Refinery is a mixed-use development and former sugar refinery in the neighborhood of Williamsburg in Brooklyn, New York City, along the East River.When active as a refinery, it was operated by the Havemeyer family's American Sugar Refining Company, which produced Domino brand sugar and was one of several sugar factories on the East River in northern Brooklyn.

  7. Suspect who allegedly set woman on fire in subway fanned ...

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    Sebastian Zapeta, 33, faces first- and second-degree murder and arson charges for allegedly setting the woman on fire on the F train in Coney Island, Brooklyn, on Sunday.

  8. List of disasters in New York City by death toll - Wikipedia

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    Williamsburg apartment fire fire 13 [107] 1905 Ninth Avenue derailment: rail 13 [108] [109] 1899 Andrews mansion fire: fire 13 [110] 1877 E. Greenfield candy factory fire: fire 13 [111] 2017 2017 Bronx apartment fire: fire 12 [112] 1970 1970 New York City gas explosion: explosion 12 [113] 1966 23rd Street Fire: fire 12 [114] 1915 Diamond Candy ...

  9. Cops identify NJ woman as mystery straphanger torched to ...

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    The straphanger who was burned to death on a Brooklyn F train in a horrific attack has been identified as a 57-year-old New Jersey woman, police announced Tuesday. ... River was sleeping on the ...