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Police arrested an FDNY lieutenant Saturday for allegedly strangling a paramedic while on the job, a senior law enforcement source said. The 47-year-old Brooklyn man, Neal Francis, was picked up by police over the weekend on strangulation charges, an NYPD spokesperson confirmed. The department referred additional inquiries to the FDNY, but said the incident was not domestic in nature. The…

FBI agents searched the homes of two FDNY chiefs involved with the safety inspection process of buildings in New York City in connection with a corruption investigation, according to three people briefed on the matter. Jonathan Dienst reports.

FBI agents searched the homes of two FDNY chiefs in connection with a corruption investigation related to possible bribes in exchange for speedier building approvals, according to sources familiar with the matter. The city’s Department of Investigation sealed the chiefs’ third-floor offices at FDNY headquarters in Brooklyn as part of a search Thursday morning, three people briefed on the...

The mystery over shaking on Roosevelt Island might be solved after the USGS reported a 1.7 magnitude earthquake occurred around the same time in Astoria, Queens.

Firefighters responded to reports of small explosions on Roosevelt Island, then declared the scene under control with no clear cause, according to fire officials. News 4’s Romney Smith reports.

Firefighters responded to reports of small explosions on Roosevelt Island, then declared the scene under control with no clear cause, according to fire officials.

Firefighters responded to reports of small explosions on Roosevelt Island early Tuesday morning, then declared the scene under control with no clear cause, according to fire officials. But now the mystery might be solved thanks to the U.S. Geological Survey. The USGS is reporting a magnitude 1.7 earthquake occurred at 5:45 a.m. Tuesday near Astoria, Queens. Residents in both Manhattan…

FDNY investigators were looking into whether or not fireworks sparked a major fire on New Year’s Eve that injured at least seven people and left dozens without a home in Brooklyn. The flames broke out around 7 p.m. Sunday near an apartment building under construction on Schenck Avenue in East New York, according to police and fire officials. Investigators...

A massive fire leaves dozens of people out of their home in Brooklyn on New Year’s Eve.

A contractor’s illegal use of a torch is to blame for the five-alarm fire that ravaged part of a Queens apartment building Wednesday afternoon, injuring more than a dozen people, fire officials said Thursday. Reports of the fire on 47th Avenue came in around noon Wednesday. The fire was reported on the sixth floor of the building and escalated...

Large apartment building fire in Queens displaces residents ahead of the holidays. News 4’s Melissa Colorado reports.

Firefighters were working to put out a raging fire at a Queens apartment building, which had shut down roads in the area as huge plumes of smoke billowed into the air.

Firefighters are battling a raging fire at an apartment building in Queens. Reports of the fire on 47th Avenue came in around noon Wednesday. The fire was reported on the sixth floor of the building and had escalated to five alarms within two hours. Only apartments on the top three floors were impacted by the inferno. Traffic was disrupted in…

A raging fire left a path of destruction in a Brooklyn neighborhood overnight and injured a handful of people sleeping when the flames engulfed their home in the middle of the night. Fire officials said at least seven people sustained minor injuries, mostly from smoke inhalation, after their Williamsburg building went up in flames around 4 a.m. on Kingsland Avenue….

News 4’s Gaby Acevedo reports.

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Nearly a dozen people were recovering late Sunday after two different fires in the Bronx. News 4’s Ida Siegal reports.

The 74-year-old died Thanksgiving Day and was laid to rest a week later in Brooklyn. News 4’s Gaby Acevedo reports.

Two men died and two other people were hurt after a fire broke out in a brownstone in Harlem, the FDNY said Saturday morning. Video of the deadly blaze showed flames shooting from the window of a second-floor apartment in the four-story building on West 132nd Street between Adam Clayton Powell Jr. and Malcolm X boulevards. Officials with the FDNY…

FDNY Commissioner Laura Kavanagh says she is unaware of any campaign to pressure fire chiefs to fast-track approval of the new Turkish Consulate in 2021, despite safety concerns. “I would say the Fire Department in my decade there has always done what is safe for New Yorkers and I have never seen otherwise,” Kavanagh said in a brief interview with…