FDNY

A pair of unsecured window washers had the fright of their lives Friday when the wind seized their scaffold, sending it twisting and turning almost eight stories up — and smashing into the luxury Manhattan high-rise they were cleaning. Authorities say the two workers were on a scaffold outside the 78th floor of 25 Columbus Circle when their rig started…

A window washing rig swung wildly out of control Friday, shattering windows as it slammed into the luxury high-rise building in Manhattan.

More than 100 firefighters and emergency personnel battled a multi-alarm fire that broke out inside a historic Brooklyn church Wednesday morning. The fire broke out in the Pentecostal church Arca Cristiana located at Halsey Street, between Central and Wilson avenues, just after 10:30 a.m. in Bushwick, according to the FDNY. The fire apparently started on the first floor, according to…

Crews battle multi-alarm church fire in Bushwick, Brooklyn.

Four people were hurt in an early morning fire that broke out in an apartment building in Washington Heights, the FDNY said. The fire was reported around 12:40 a.m. and was located on the third floor of 247 Wadsworth Avenue, between W 186th and W 185th streets. According to the FDNY, 12 units responded to the blaze with 60 fire…

Firefighters said their response to the blaze in the Fordham neighborhood was impeded by parked cars that blocked their access to fire hydrants. Flames ripped through two buildings on Anthony Avenue, one of which was a Buddhist temple, leaving two people dead. NBC New York’s Gaby Acevedo reports.

The New York City Fire Department is urging New Yorkers to “never block fire hydrants” after firefighters responding to a deadly 3-alarm fire in the Bronx encountered a vehicle parked in front of the nearest fire hydrant. “We did unfortunately have a car parked on the closest fire hydrant. We’ve seen that now a couple of times in the...

Two people died in a fire that erupted at a Bronx Thai Buddhist temple early Wednesday, authorities say. The fire broke out in Fordham Heights on Anthony Avenue, between East Burnside Avenue and East 180th Street, around 6 a.m. Responding crews found one building fully engulfed in flames, with the fire spreading. Cellphone video showed flames ripping through the two…

Firefighters say cars parked in front of a hydrant impeded their efforts.

The FDNY called out drivers Sunday who parked in front of fire hydrants, slowing firefighters down at a deadly house fire in Brooklyn. Firefighters were dispatched to a Bay Ridge home on 80th Street around 4 a.m. on Sunday. Three victims were found inside and transported to local hospitals, including a 34-year-old mother and her toddler. The third victim, a…

Fire officials called out drivers who parked in front of fire hydrants for slowing firefighters down at a deadly house fire in Brooklyn. NBC New York’s Brittany Miller reports. 

A former New York City Fire Department chief pleaded guilty Wednesday to a conspiracy charge, admitting that he and others agreed to accept $190,000 in bribes to speed up safety inspections for customers of a former city firefighter. Anthony Saccavino, who at the time of the crimes headed the department’s Bureau of Fire Prevention (BFP), entered the plea in Manhattan…

Romney Smith reporting on 5 people hurt in Brooklyn house fire.

Bitterly cold temperatures hindered firefighters’ efforts to douse a Brooklyn house fire early Wednesday, with frozen hydrants complicating the response as personnel encountered heavy flames, officials said. A total of five people were injured in the blaze that broke out on 38th Street in the Flatlands around 12:45 a.m. All were neighbors; all but one of them were taken to…

A day after a holiday market in the heart of Manhattan went up in flames, fire officials have determined what sparked the blaze that torched booths and sent merchandise up in smoke.

A sad sight in Herald Square where flames destroyed part of the holiday market, and a firefighter was also hurt battling those flames. NBC New York’s Erica Byfield reports. 

A holiday market in the heart of Manhattan went up in flames, leaving vendors to pick up their burnt merchandise and clean up their torched booths.

A scaffolding collapse in Manhattan injured three people, one of them critically, on Monday. The Department of Buildings said it’s on the scene of a sidewalk shed collapse which may have come after a box truck hit a structure on 29th Street near Eighth Avenue in Chelsea around 8 a.m. Chopper 4 later captured firefighters surrounding the collapsed structure as…

Video posted to the Citizen app showed a heavy emergency response at the scene.

In a wild scene caught on camera in Ozone Park, an SUV suddenly exploded while parked on the street, with the blast so intense that several other cars and homes were damaged. NBC New York’s Gaby Acevedo reports.