For three years, the Central District property has been at the center of a heated legal battle that has pitted different ...

Firefighter Joseph DiBernardo, who was also critically injured, succumbed to his injuries in 2011. On the same day, Firefighter Richard Sclafani died while responding to a basement fire in ...

Among those remembered was Lt. John Bellew of Pearl River, who was one of the three FDNY members killed during two separate fires that day. Every Grammy album of the year winner since 1959 ...

The FDNY posted the cause on its X page at 5:51 p.m. on Friday afternoon. Firefighters responded to the call at 5:27 a.m. to find multiple lithium-ion batteries burning in the basement and a ...

FDNY Commissioner Robert Tucker said the department has "asked the tough questions" following the fire, regarding equipment and procedures. "Today, we mark the 20th year since Black Sunday's fire ...

The devastated widow of a firefighter who died on New York City’s notorious “Black Sunday” — exactly ... East New York when he got trapped in a basement and died of smoke inhalation ...