Jul. 29, 2025 By Bill Parry Hours before seven businesses were destroyed during a four-alarm fire on Dry Harbor Road in Middle Village, the FDNY battled another stubborn two-alarm blaze in a scrapyard about three miles west in Maspeth on Monday morning. The FDNY received reports of the junkyard fire at around 11 a.m.…
Jul. 29, 2025 By Lloyd Mitchell The FDNY battled a ferocious four-alarm fire that ripped through seven one-story commercial buildings on Dry Harbor Road in Middle Village just after 10:45 p.m. on Monday night. The fire, which is believed to have started at 64-76 Dry Harbor Road, sent six firefighters to a local hospital…
Jul. 8, 2024 By Bill Parry and Lloyd Mitchell
FDNY fire marshals are working to determine the cause of a fire that gutted a home in Ozone Park last week.
Apr. 24, 2024 By Bill Parry and Lloyd Mitchell
The FDNY had a massive response to a three-alarm house fire in Richmond Hill on Wednesday morning.
Feb. 21, 2024 By Bill Parry and Lloyd Mitchell The FDNY battled a fast-moving two-alarm house fire in Forest Hills early Wednesday morning that injured one firefighter. The blaze broke out in a two-story private home at 114 Walnut St., a block north of Forest Park at 2:34 a.m. Arriving units found heavy fire conditions throughout the basement, first and second floors. Firefighters were hampered by an SUV parked illegally in front of a fire hydrant at the location. The FDNY transmitted a second alarm, bringing 25 units and 106 firefighters and EMS personnel to the scene. Nearby residents said…
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Feb. 19, 2024 By Bill Parry and Lloyd Mitchell
Two FDNY firefighters and five civilians, including two children, were injured during a three-alarm house fire in Maspeth on Monday morning.
Mar. 8, 2023 By Bill Parry It took more than 12 hours, but the FDNY has finally extinguished a four-alarm fire that broke out early Wednesday morning at an auto parts shop in Glendale, though the cause of the blaze is still under investigation. A pair of firefighters were injured while operating at the location…
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