Aug. 30, 2024 By bparry Aug. 30, 2024 By Bill Parry The massive barge blaze that raged for hours on Newtown Creek in the Blissville section of Long Island City Tuesday night was sparked by an exploding lithium-ion battery that was among the scrap metal onboard the vessel, new FDNY Commissioner Robert Tucker confirmed Thursday. During… Read more »
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FDNY battles stubborn barge blaze on Newtown Creek into the early Wednesday morning
Aug. 28, 2024 By bparry
[caption id="attachment_79767" align="aligncenter" width="680"] The FDNY fought a barge fire on Newtown Creek on Tuesday night into Wednesday morning in the Blissville section of Long Island City. FDNY[/caption]
Aug. 28, 2024 By Bill Parry
Woodside girl, two adults, suffer life-threatening injuries during Sunday morning apartment fire: FDNY
Aug. 5, 2024 By Bill Parry A seven-year-old Woodside girl is in serious condition and fighting for her life at Elmhurst Hospital along with two adults, who were rescued after a fire tore through their apartment building on Sunday morning. The fire broke out in the basement of 68-06 37th Ave. in Woodside at around… Read more »
BP secures new temporary housing agreements for Sunnyside families displaced by 5-alarm fire in December
July 2, 2024 By Bill Parry A breakthrough was reached just days after tenants of a Sunnyside apartment complex filed a lawsuit against their building’s landlord stemming from their displacement following a 5-alarm fire in December. Queens Borough President Donovan Richards and A&E Real Estate, the landlord, announced a plan Monday to provide 22 tenants… Read more »
Sunnyside stands with neighbors displaced by 5-alarm inferno last year as they face further evictions by landlord
June 11, 2024 By Bill Parry Council Member Julie Won and Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez on Saturday rallied with their constituents, who were displaced by a massive five-alarm fire at their Sunnyside apartment complex just days before Christmas, to call on A&E Real Estate Holdings to extend tenants’ temporary leases. Families and individuals from at least… Read more »
More than 175 victims of massive five-alarm fire in Sunnyside retain Manhattan-based law firm to represent them
Feb. 6, 2024 By Bill Parry More than 175 tenants who were displaced from their Sunnyside apartment building following a massive five-alarm fire just days before Christmas are being represented by attorneys from the law firm of McLaughlin & Stern LLP. The Manhattan-based law firm, established in 1898, will represent the more than 175 victims… Read more »
Illegal use of blow torch caused raging inferno at Sunnyside apartment building: FDNY
Dec. 21, 2023 By Bill Parry FDNY fire marshals have determined that Wednesday’s massive 5-alarm fire in a Sunnyside apartment building, which left 450 residents displaced, was caused by the illegal use of a blow torch. The blaze erupted at around noon in a 6th-floor apartment at 43-09 47th Ave., after it was sparked by… Read more »
FDNY battling 5-alarm inferno at Sunnyside apartment building
Dec. 20, 2023 By Bill Parry The FDNY is battling a massive 5-alarm fire at a Sunnyside apartment house that broke out at around noon. The first call was received at 12:02 p.m. after the blaze broke out on the top floor of a six-story apartment building located at 43-09 47th Ave. bringing 25 units and… Read more »
FDNY battles three-alarm inferno at auto repair shop in Woodside
Nov. 16, 2023 By Bill Parry The FDNY battled a massive three-alarm fire in Woodside on Wednesday night that took them more than five hours to bring under control. The inferno broke out just after 10:30 p.m. on Nov. 15 at the MS Auto Repair shop at 62-15 34th Ave., according to the FDNY. The… Read more »
Elderly man dies from injuries caused by Sunnyside apartment fire: NYPD
Sept. 25, 2023 By Michael Dorgan A 74-year-old man who was critically injured in a fire inside a Sunnyside apartment building overnight Saturday has died. The victim, whose identity has not been released and is pending family notification, died after being injured in the inferno that started just before midnight on Saturday, Sept. 23, according… Read more »