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FDNY fights a fire that started on the third floor of a residential over business building with Tower Ladder 17 at Side A. FDNY responded about 4:00 p.m. Friday April 5, 2019 to a residential-over-business building fire at 246 East 149th Street in Mott Haven, The Bronx, New York. The Red Cross reported it registered […]

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A vehicle rollover crash on its side Wednesday, April 24, 2019 about 6:30 pm. Vehicle rollover crash at 86 St and Gowanus Expressway, in the 68 Precinct. There were injuries reported according to police sources. Two ambulances including a Bravo Volunteer Ambulance were seen transporting the injured to area hospitals. No one was trapped in […]

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The video shows the trailer on fire prior to the arrival of firefighters, water on the fire, checking for small pockets of fire, two civilians who tried extinguishing the fire with a fire extinguisher, police on the scene, and firetrucks leaving. Fire involving a flatbed trailer occurred about 8:00 am Tuesday April 9, 2019 at […]

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Akayed Ullah, a 27-year-old Bangladeshi man, reportedly inspired by ISIS set off a pipe bomb inside New York’s Port Authority bus terminal during rush hour Monday morning; Laura Ingle reports from New York City. Akayed Ullah, a 27-year-old Bangladeshi man, reportedly inspired by ISIS set off a pipe bomb inside New York’s Port Authority bus […]

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3RD ALARM FIRE Video of FDNY arriving on the scene and working fireground at structure fire involving a basement laundromat in a mixed-occupancy, 5-story brick building. FDNY firefighters responded about 10:15 a.m. Friday November 10, 2017 to a fire in a basement laundromat at 1598 3rd Avenue in Manhattan. Winds were NW 12-15 MPH, gusting […]

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Pre-arrival video after explosion that caused a partial collapse, fire and then complete collapse of a building at the northwest corner of East 7th Street and 2nd Avenue in New York Thursday afternoon. FDNY firefighters responded to a report of a building explosion at 125 2nd Ave. near St. Mark’s Place about 3:20 p.m., officials […]

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FDNY firefighters responded about 10:00 p.m. Thursday to a manhole fire at 1285 Broadway after 10 p.m. in the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn. An explosion at the manhole in Bushwick injured three firefighters Thursday night. All three firefighters suffered non-life threatening injuries, according to FDNY. Hundreds of manhole fires have occurred this winter. In the […]

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New York Post video of the aftermath at the execution VIEWER DISCRETION: New York Post video of the aftermath showing CPR and medical aid at the NYPD execution scene from an upper floor above the crime scene at Myrtle Avenue and Tomkins Avenue. #PoliceLivesMatter New York City police and firefighters responded on December 20, 2014 […]

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CBS New York: Suspected DUI hits five pedestrians, other vehicles on 34th Street, and crashes into Forever 21 store wall. NYPD and FDNY responded about 9:00 p.m. Wednesday to a report of a crash with pedestrians, vehicles and a storefront involved at 50 West 34th Street in Herald Square. The suspect DUI driver of a […]

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From FDNY … They each of less than 18 months on the job, but Probationary Firefighters Leanardo Williams, Engine 8 (assigned to Ladder 2), and Johnpatrick Wylie, Engine 65 (assigned to Ladder 7), saved a man trapped by a 2-alarm fire in Midtown Manhattan on Dec. 9. Read how 2 Probationary FDNY FFs heroically saved […]

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