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A lithium-ion battery from an e-bike sparked the devastating fire at a Queens daycare center that hurt more than a dozen kids, one of them critically, officials say, marking the latest in a series of blazes linked to such units. The fire broke out in the middle of Wednesday afternoon in the basement of what appeared to be a duplex…

A group of passengers on a yacht were rescued by a good Samaritan when the boat caught fire and submerged in the Hudson River Saturday afternoon.

A New York firefighter died Sunday responding to a house fire in Brooklyn where a ceiling collapsed, trapping him and injuring several other firefighters. Authorities said one person is still missing.

The blaze was caused by a space heater — and made catastrophically worse because the door to the unit where it erupted was left open. Hallways were turned to dark, ash-choked horrors.

UPDATE: Mayor Revises Bronx Fire Death Toll to 17, Cautions Count Could Still Rise An electric space heater is being blamed for sparking the horrific high-rise Bronx apartment fire that killed at least 19 people, including nine children, city officials confirmed Sunday evening. The fire originated in a duplex on the second and third floors of the building but never…

The passenger on board a New York City-bound flight whose alleged behavior prompted the plane’s pilot to make an emergency landing has been released. The unidentified passenger had been taken into custody for questioning Saturday after the plane landed at LaGuardia Airport. A Port Authority spokesperson said Sunday that the passenger was not expected to face any criminal charges....

A potential security concern prompted an emergency landing at LaGuardia Airport and led police to place one of the plane’s passengers into custody for questioning, federal and airline officials confirmed Saturday. The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed the safe landing of Republic Airways Flight 4817 at the Queens airport around 3 p.m. following a “security incident.” All 80 passengers and crew…

Nine firefighters employed by the FDNY have been suspended without pay following a departmental investigation into alleged racist messages shared between the firefighters that mocked George Floyd’s death. The messages shared between firefighters allegedly boast about officers’ ability to “legally shoot Black children” and if using fire hoses on protestors would work, because “wild animals like water.” The New...

An MTA bus slammed into a three-story building Monday afternoon causing injuries to 16 people and serious damage to the structure in Brooklyn, officials said. The crash happened shortly before 2 p.m. when the bus crashed head-on into the building on Lincoln Road in Prospect Lefferts Gardens. The bus was traveling southbound on Bedford Avenue before the crash, officials said….

After a fire broke out inside a Bronx apartment building, a young girl jumped from her terrace to escape the flames that had swallowed her home, the FDNY said

At least 21 people are hurt as hundreds of firefighters continue to battle an 8-alarm fire in Queens that erupted at an apartment building shortly after 1 p.m. Tuesday, the Fire Department of New York City said.

An FDNY firefighter’s life may have been saved by his helmet after an air conditioning unit fell down on top of his head. The firefighter was responding to a fire at 1962 85th Street in Brooklyn on Monday morning when the incident occurred, the FDNY said. He was taken to a nearby hospital in serious but stable condition. Surveillance video…

This year, for the first time, Santa Claus wasn’t going able to stop by and see the kids at the Ronald McDonald House on the Upper East Side.

Video of a fire at a Harlem high-rise building showed a woman clinging to her window as she walked on the ledge to escape the smoke, and firefighters’ daring rescue to save her

FDNY released footage of a group of people using illegal fireworks outside a home in Brooklyn. A stray firework ignited a fire inside the home.

The FDNY reported a nearly 400 percent increase in “cardiac arrest” home deaths in late March and early April, a spike that officials say is almost certainly driven by COVID-19, whether they were formally diagnosed or not. Between March 20 and April 5, the department recorded nearly 2,200 such deaths, versus 450 in the same period last year, according to…

The death of a New York City philanthropist whose body was found with stab wounds when firefighters responded to a raging blaze at a Fort Greene building Monday has been ruled a homicide.

An FDNY firefighter has been arrested after being accused of raping an 18-year-old relative, a senior law enforcement source tells NBC New York.

A Russian passenger jet made an emergency landing just after takeoff from an airport in Moscow. The plane collided with a flock of gulls, knocking out both engines. Dozens of people sought medical attention but only one person was hospitalized.