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At around 9:23 a.m. local time, firefighters received reports of a fire at Bryant Park, Joe Castellano, an FDNY battalion chief, told reporters at the scene, located in midtown Manhattan, just ...
The FDNY reported that firefighters have responded to more than 230 brush fires in the past two weeks. That record is higher than the average during the past three years.
By 8 p.m., the FDNY said the fire had grown to two alarms and spread across approximately two acres. FDNY Brooklyn Borough Commander Joe Duggan said the fire was in an "extremely inaccessible ...
A FDNY deputy chief during rescue efforts at the World Trade Center following the September 11, 2001 attacks.. Like most fire departments of major cities in the United States, the New York City Fire Department is organized in a paramilitary fashion, and in many cases, echoes the structure of the police department. [12]
The Ten House is unique among the 220 FDNY firehouses as it is one of only two where both an engine and ladder company share the same numerical designation. [11] On the morning of September 11, 2001, when the first airliner (American Airlines Flight 11) crashed into the North Tower at 8:46 a.m., FDNY units were in the middle of a shift change ...
The Waldbaum's Supermarket Fire was a major fire on August 2, 1978, in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York City, United States, that killed six FDNY firefighters. The Waldbaum's store at 2892 Ocean Avenue was undergoing extensive renovations, but was open for customers when the fire broke out.
FDNY units are currently operating at a crane collapse and fire at 550 Tenth Avenue in Manhattan. Please avoid the area of 10th Avenue and 11th Avenue from West 41 Street to West 42 Street.
[1] [2] While moving north between 96th Street and 110th Street, a fire erupted aboard the second car of the train, 6347, and the train arrived into 110th Street engulfed in flames. Firefighters responded to the fire around 3:18 am. It took 100 firefighters to control the fire. A northbound 3 train behind the 2 train was evacuated in the tunnel ...