Dramatic fire burns down beach cabana in Breezy Point

Fire destroyed a beach cabana in Queens’ Breezy Point overnight, creating a dramatic scene as the sun rose on Wednesday, but ...
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Western Queens apartment house fires leave two dead in Astoria and Jackson Heights: Officials

A resident of the Queensview residential cooperative housing complex in Astoria has died after a fire on the top floor of a ...
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Mamdani names Lillian Bonsignore, retired EMS chief, next FDNY fire commissioner

NEW YORK (WABC) -- New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has chosen the city's next fire commissioner. Lillian Bonsignore, a well-respected retired EMS chief, will be the next fire commissioner.

Fires have claimed the lives of more than a dozen elderly NYC residents over the last 6 weeks

The spike in fire deaths among the city’s senior citizens included a 95-year-old Queens grandmother who died along with her great granddaughter, an 89-year-old Bronx man who had just beaten cancer ...
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FDNY Enhances Brush Fire Response with New AI System and Existing Cameras

After an unusually busy brush fire season in New York City last year, the FDNY tied an artificial intelligence-powered platform into an existing camera system at city parks for early notifications of ...