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Massive Fire Tears Through Rockland County Apartment Building

A massive fire tore through an apartment building in Spring Valley, leaving dozens homeless.

2012/07/11

Officials Investigate ‘Suspicious’ NJ Forest Fires

About 400 acres either in or near remote areas of the Winslow Wildlife Management Area in Camden County have been blackened overall by the fires.

2012/04/07

Jersey City Fire 2-19-12 (credit: CBS 2)

Fire Displaces Families, Injures Firefighters In Jersey City

Investigators say the fire started inside a ground-floor laundromat and quickly spread to the apartments above and nearby building.

2012/02/19

Montclair, NJ house fire (credit: CBS 2)

Officials: Christmas Tree Fire Razes N.J. Home

Fire officials say the family was inside when they heard the crackling fire even before their smoke alarm went off.

2011/12/22

Irvington, NJ Building Fire (credit: CBS 2)

Irvington Fire Forces Elderly Man From His Home

By the time firefighters arrived on the scene, two buildings were fully engulfed in flames. The cause of the blaze is under investigation.

2011/11/03

Firefighters Battle Blaze At Yonkers ‘Pot-Growing House’

Firefighters responding to the fire found four bedrooms filled with the plants.

2011/07/11

NYPD K9 Unit (credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images)

NYPD K-9 Retiring After 3 Operations

He’s had a good career with the NYPD, and now Blaze is retiring after eight years with New York’s finest. The German shepherd has had three operations, to relieve the pain from a pinched nerve, remove an infected toe, and to treat stomach bloat.

2011/05/03

Upper West Side Building Fire (credit: CBS 2)

Several People Injured In Early Morning Fire On Upper West Side

Residents of a high-rise that caught fire Friday said they were trapped inside the burning building because emergency doors were locked. They also claim smoke alarms and sprinklers weren’t working.

2011/04/15

Officials investigate a fire at a home in Bushwick (Photo/Juliet Papa)

Several Hurt In Early Morning Bushwick Fire

Two people were rushed to local hospitals in cardiac arrest after being pulled from a burning building in Bushwick, officials said. Four other people, including two teenage boys who were dropped from an upper window, suffered minor injuries.

2011/02/28

Generic Firefighter File Photo (credit: CBS 2)

Investigation Continues Into Fatal Brooklyn Fire Thursday

Four other people suffered minor injuries in the blaze at the two-story house in the borough’s Mill Basin neighborhood.

2010/12/30

8-Year-Old Boy Killed In Brooklyn Blaze, 4 Others Hurt

Fire officials said the blaze began in the back of the first floor apartment just before 6 a.m. on East 57th Street. There were no smoke alarms and officials said the outer and inner doors were double locked.

2010/12/29

Officials: Brooklyn Fire ‘Suspicious’

NEW YORK (CBS 2) — A fire that tore through a brownstone in Brooklyn, forcing a dramatic rescue, and was under investigation, has been labeled suspicious. The fire was first reported on Putnam Avenue in […]

2010/08/31