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The heat made it tough for the more than 100 members of the FDNY battling huge flames in the Bronx on Thursday, as several businesses burned and four firefighters were hurt. NBC New York’s Gaby Acevedo reports.

A man wanted to take matters into his own hands to help fight a building fire in SoHo. When a building fire broke out on a rooftop on Broome St early Thursday morning, Chopper 4 captured video of a shirtless man with a garden hose spraying water onto the the roof from an adjoining building. Firefighters were called to the…

Neighbor uses garden hose to fight fire next door on Broome Street in SoHo.

Fires in the Bronx and Manhattan kept emergency personnel busy early Thursday, with more than 100 firefighters battling flames at a Dunkin’ Donuts that spread to nearby stores and others tackling a rooftop blaze at a luxury building in SoHo. The fires broke out within about an hour of one another. Nearly a half-dozen firefighters were hurt in the SoHo…

No injuries were reported.

It’s a time-honored tradition that has been going strong for 155 years for the FDNY, the Medal Day ceremony honors those who risk their lives every day to keep New Yorkers safe. On Wednesday, it was the city’s turn to thank some of New York’s Bravest. NBC New York’s Gilma Avalos reports.

A Brooklyn man is dead after an overnight fire that authorities say was set intentionally. Flames broke out just before 11 p.m. Friday at a multi-story residential building on Monroe Street between Tompkins and Throop avenues in Bed-Stuy, according to the FDNY. It took firefighters under an hour to get the fire under control. That’s when they found a...

Officials credited a smoke inhalation drug for likely saving the life of a New York City firefighter who fell unconscious and stopped breathing while battling a house blaze Friday. The firefighter was one of three injured during the response in the Bronx. All are expected to recover, Mayor Eric Adams and Fire Commissioner Laura Kavanagh said at an evening news…

Two of the firefighters suffered serious injuries while battling a house fire in Clason Point. One firefighter collapsed and lost consciousness after complaining about having trouble breathing. A man who lived in the home believed the fire was electrical and started in the basement.

Three firefighters were hurt, two of whom suffered serious injuries, while battling flames at a house fire in the Bronx Friday afternoon, according to the FDNY. The blaze broke out around 3 p.m. at a home on White Plains Road in the Clason Point neighborhood, the fire department said at a press conference. A man who lived at the home…

Two firefighters were injured but are in stable condition while at a fire in the Bronx.

Scientists say climate change is unequivocally linked to the intensity, scale and frequency of natural disasters, such as heatwaves, wildfires, floods, tropical storms and hurricanes, all contributing to global humanitarian emergencies, including those in New York and New Jersey. Firefighters, police and operation teams are the first to assess these extreme weather situations, making instant decisions and lifesaving calls to action....

The New Jersey magnitude 4.8 earthquake was felt from hundreds of miles away, with some in the tri-state feeling the Earth move under their feet for the first time ever. But just a few hours later, a magnitude 4.0 aftershock hit in the same area of the state and again was felt throughout the region.

It was the question of the day on Friday: Did you feel it? The magnitude 4.8 earthquake that hit northern New Jersey had impacts ranging from Maryland to Massachusetts, though amazingly there were no reports of injuries or damage to any buildings, other than a small number of homes or private property. NBC New York has team coverage.

The only reports of damage following the magnitude 4.8 earthquake were in regards to private property, with no reports of injuries anywhere across the tri-state. 

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck New Jersey Friday, triggering frenzied phone calls from Manhattan to Albany to Long Island, Montclair and New Haven, as buildings rumbled in a region unaccustomed to the ground shaking — and that was before the area was hit with an aftershock almost as powerful. The U.S. Geological Survey said the inital quake hit just over…

Water was seen pouring from the side of a Manhattan high-rise Thursday. The FDNY said it got a call around 12:15 p.m. about a water leak from a building on Eighth Avenue and West 42nd Street. Video posted to the Citizen app shows what looked like a geyser erupting from the side of the building. No injuries were immediately reported….

Video posted to the Citizen app showed a wild scene at Eighth Avenue and 42nd Street Thursday.

A Manhattan toddler has died as a result of injuries sustained in last month’s Washington Heights apartment fire, and his 1-year-old brother, also badly hurt in the blaze, remains in critical condition, police said Wednesday. King Corporan and his little brother were among three young kids in their Audobon Avenue apartment, near West 175th Street, when flames broke out...

Two people were critically hurt in a fire that erupted at a Brooklyn synagogue early Friday, trapping people on the third floor as firefighters dashed in with a bucket truck to help them to safety. Firefighters responded to an alarm at the mixed-occupancy building on 60th Street, near 19th Avenue, shortly before 6:30 a.m. and encountered heavy smoke upon arrival….