A fire broke out in a second floor apartment at 51 Mott Street (Bayard) yesterday afternoon. This morning, a fire department spokesperson tells us no one was injured. The Red Cross came to the scene shortly after the fire...
More now on this morning's fire at Afro-French restaurant Les Enfants Terribles. According to one of the owners, it was an electrical fire originating in the area around the cash register and computer at the far end of the...
We're just back from 72 Hester Street, the home of Mendel Goldberg Fabrics, one of the Lower East Side's oldest retail businesses. The worst seems to be over after a fire that broke out about noon. In this photo...
Investigators say yesterday's fire at Masaryk Towers was sparked by an electric space heater. The Post reports that the heater was too close to "combustible material or or near a bed." The fire started in a 16th floor apartment...
We're just back from the three-alarm fire at Masaryk Towers. More than 100 firefighters responded to the building on Columbia Street. We're told the blaze, which started on the 16th floor, is now out. Red Cross staff are on...
A big victory today for the residents of 289 Grand Street, who have been fighting for two years to return home to their apartments after a devastating fire. A housing court judge ruled in their favor, saying the property...
One week ago, residents of the Smith Houses were displaced when a fire broke out in an eighth floor apartment at 388 Pearl Street. In the days that followed, people living in the large public housing development have contended...
Here's a follow-up on Saturday morning's fire at 101 Orchard Street/101 Allen Street. This afternoon Congee Village management says they expect to reopen Friday, after making repairs in the kitchen.
While the Fire Department has not yet determined a cause,...
Firefighters responded to the East River Cooperative last night, where a fire broke out in a first floor apartment. It happened around 1 a.m. at 475 FDR Drive. It did not take long for fire crews to get the...
Investigators have concluded an unattended candle burning an eighth floor apartment caused yesterday morning's fire at 388 Pearl. This morning the New York Post has home video showing the heroic rescue of a toddler by William Febow, his uncle....
