ABC reports that first responders rescued three people after a fire erupted inside a public housing apartment building in East Harlem Monday afternoon. Continue Reading →
Category Archives: fire
Residents Of Fire Building Sue Landlords, Film Company For $5 Million In East Harlem
NY Post reports that residents of the Harlem building where Edward Norton and Bruce Willis were shooting a movie before it went up in flames are suing the landlord and the film company for $5 million claiming their “negligence” caused the blaze that took a firefighter’s life. Continue Reading →
Car Crashes Into East Harlem Scaffold, 3 Injured
Patch reports that three people were sent to the hospital Tuesday afternoon after a car crashed into scaffolding on an East Harlem street, officials said. Continue Reading →
Burglars Rob Scene Where Firefighter Was Killed In Harlem
The NY Post reports that opportunistic scavengers have stolen more than $35,000 in cash, jewelry and clothes left behind by evacuees of Thursday’s deadly Harlem fire, according to police sources. Continue Reading →
Fire Injures 8, Displaces 4 Families In East Harlem
A fire broke out early Saturday morning in an East Harlem building that left eight people injured and displaced four families, according to the FDNY. Continue Reading →
Firefighter Dies After Set Of New Edward Norton Film Catches Fire In Harlem
A New York firefighter was killed on Thursday night in a blaze at a building in Harlem that was being used as a set for Motherless Brooklyn, a film adaptation of Jonathan Lethem’s novel, directed by Edward Norton said a source. Continue Reading →
Firefighters Rescue Injured Man From Burning Washington Heights Apartment
Two firefighters, one with just a few months on the job, pulled a critically injured man from a burning Washington Heights apartment building Sunday night, an FDNY spokesman said. Continue Reading →
Uptown Fire Leaves One In Critical Condition
NY Daily News reports that a fire in a Washington Heights apartment building left one person critically injured Sunday night, FDNY officials said. Continue Reading →
Five-Alarm Fire On 156th Street In West Harlem
Notify NYC reports that emergency personnel are on the scene of a five-alarm fire located at Riverside Drive and West 156th Street in Manhattan. Continue Reading →
Fire Breaks Out At Harlem Fairway
Patch reports that a fire broke out Thursday morning at the Harlem Fairway supermarket near the Hudson River, an FDNY spokesman said. Continue Reading →
Child Saves Family From Harlem Apartment Blaze
NY Daily News reports that a 4-year-old awoke and screamed “Fire!” — a cry in the night that may have made the difference between life and death for an East Harlem family. Continue Reading →
Woman Dies In Harlem High-Rise Fire
A 64-year-old woman died in a fire that broke out early Sunday in Harlem reported a source. Continue Reading →
Woman Sets Harlem Apartment On Fire
Patch reports that sixteen people were injured, one critically, after an emotionally disturbed woman set fire to her Harlem apartment during a standoff with police, police and fire officials said. Continue Reading →
Harlem Fire Leaves Man Critical, Woman Dead
An elderly woman is dead and her husband is fighting for his life after a fire in Harlem. Around 7:30 p.m. Monday, police responded to 70 La Salle St., where an apartment on the 15th floor was on fire. Continue Reading →
1 Dead After Apartment Blaze In Harlem
One person died in an apartment fire Tuesday morning in East Harlem, an FDNY spokesman told sources. Continue Reading →
The Fire Department Of New York Is Hiring From Harlem To Hollis
The Fire Department of New York (FDNY) is currently accepting applications for a number of available positions from Harlem to Hollis. Continue Reading →
East Harlem Fire Sends 2 to Hospital with Burns
The FDNY says two people were hurt in a fire in East Harlem Tuesday afternoon reports source. Continue Reading →
21 Injured In Harlem High-Rise Fire
Twenty people were hurt in a quick-moving high-rise fire in Harlem Monday, fire officials say. Continue Reading →
Harlem Apartment Building Hit By Two-Alarm Fire
A two-alarm fire damaged a building in Harlem Monday Memorial Day morning.
The fire started around 6:30 a.m. on the first floor of an apartment building near the intersection of 145th Street and 7th Avenue. Continue Reading →
Questions Surround Propane Tanks At East Harlem Fire
Good news! Metro North is operating on a normal schedule Friday, days after a fire caused structural damage to the railroad’s elevated track in New York City. Continue Reading →