A short time ago, the Daily News posted to its web site the story behind an early morning fire at Masaryk Towers, 77 Columbia Street, today. It took 60 firefighters about 40 minutes to extinguish the flames. 11 people...
An update this morning on Thursday night's fire at "The Three Monkeys," 99 Rivington Street. The operators of the popular falafel restaurant tell us, via email:
The reason for the fire is still under investigation. Please notify your readers that...
A fire swept through the Three Monkeys restaurant at 99 Rivington Street (at Ludlow) this evening shortly after 8 o'clock. Twitter users posted quite a few images from the scene. No one was injured and there's no word yet...
More than 100 firefighters converged this afternoon on St. James Church, the second oldest Catholic church in Manhattan. Smoke was visible from the top floor when we arrived shortly after 12:30. Fire crews had trouble reaching the flames from...
There's more information today about the fatal fire at 124 Ludlow. 72-year old Claudette Rivera died yesterday, following a terrible mishap with her gas stove. Neighbors said the fire started after Rivera lit the burners to keep warm and...
A woman was killed this morning when a fire swept through the second floor of 124 Ludlow, a tenement building near Rivington Street.
The first call came into 911 shortly after 11am. Around 60 firefighters brought the blaze under control...
A fire broke out inside the Village Farm and Grocery, 69 2nd Avenue (at 4th Street), this morning at about 4 o'clock. According to WPIX, seven residents were treated for smoke inhalation. People who live in the apartments say...
This morning the Red Cross is helping residents of a tenement building on East Broadway find temporary housing, after an overnight fire forced them to evacuate from the roof. The Daily News reports a wolverine was killed in the...
Several firefighters were sent to the hospital last night, in the aftermath of a fire on Oliver Street in Chinatown. NY1 and Channel 7 filed brief reports on the blaze, saying the firefighters' injuries were all relatively minor. The...
