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Fires that sprung up in Queens and the Bronx injured 15 people — 13 of them firefighters — on Monday. A blaze erupted on the 27th floor of the gated North Shore Towers and Country Club off Grand Central Parkway at about 4:30 a.m. Smoke-eaters quelled the blaze at 6:32 p.m., the FDNY said. Paramedics rushed four firefighters and one civilian to Long Island Jewish Medical Center for ...

Part of the roof on the Castle Hill Avenue building has collapsed, says the New York City Fire Department

In the FDNY's latest personnel shakeup, the agency is replacing its longtime chief of training for EMS with the first black female to hold the post. 

A fire in a New York City high-rise has sent 38 people to the hospital, Saturday morning including five EMS workers.

More than three dozen people were injured after a fire caused by a lithium-ion battery broke out on the 20th floor of a New York City apartment building on Saturday morning, Fire Commissioner Laura Kavanagh said.

New York City fire officials say the blaze on the 20th story of an apartment building was likely started due to a battery-powered scooter or bike

There are likely to be more injuries as more families "come down and are evaluated by EMS," EMS Chief Joseph Pataky said.

(NEW YORK) — Dozens of people were injured in a fire at a residential building in New York City on Saturday morning, authorities said. The three-alarm fire broke out on the 20th floor of a midtown Manhattan high-rise, with a “heavy fire condition,” according to the […]

(NEW YORK) -- Dozens of people were injured in a fire at a residential building in New York City on Saturday morning, authorities said. The three-alarm fire bro

(NEW YORK) -- Dozens of people were injured in a fire at a residential building in New York City on Saturday morning, authorities said. The three-alarm fire broke out on the 20th floor of a midtown Manhattan high-rise, with a "heavy fire condition," according to the New York City Fire Department. Thirty-eight people were hospitalized due