fatal fire

84-Year-Old Woman Dies In Lower East Side Apartment Fire

The fire broke out around 12:15 a.m. Wednesday at an apartment on Fourth Avenue.

2013/04/17

Judge Sentences Convicted Bensonhurst Arsonist To 25 Years To Life

Daniel Ignacio, 31, was convicted last month on five counts of murder, arson and other charges for intentionally setting the 2010 blaze.

2013/04/04

Person Found Dead In Queens Fire

One person is dead after a fire broke out Sunday in South Jamaica, Queens.

2013/03/24

Scene of a fatal fire in the Bronx at 977 Grant Avenue (credit: CBS 2)

Little Girl Killed In Bronx Apartment Fire

The fire broke out inside the fourth floor of a brownstone at 977 Grant Avenue. The call came in around 3:10 Sunday morning. It took 60 firefighters about a half an hour to bring the fire under control.

2013/03/17

Man Recalls Horror Of Throwing Children To Safety In Fire That Killed His Wife

Miguel Chan lost his wife in a fire two years ago in their Bensonhurst, Brooklyn home, and he lives to this day with memories of the horrifying experience of having to drop his two young children out of a window to safety as the blaze raged.

2013/03/05

Woman Killed, 2 Others Injured In West Babylon Fire

A woman was killed, and two others were injured, in a fire in Suffolk County Sunday afternoon.

2013/03/03

Fire at East Orange, NJ home Feb. 17, 2013 (credit: CBS 2)

Deadly Fire Rips Through Abandoned Home In Orange

One person was rescued from inside the home on Reock Street, an area where there are a lot of abandoned buildings.

2013/02/17

Man Dies After Being Rescued From Fire In Harlem Housing Development

A man has died after being rescued from a fire in the Taft Houses development in Harlem.

2013/02/11

Boy, 8, Killed In Fire In Brooklyn

An 8-year-old boy was killed early Saturday when a fire broke out at his home in the Flatbush-Ditmas Park section of Brooklyn.

2013/02/09

232 Dead In Brazil Nightclub Fire

A fire at a nightclub in Brazil left 232 people dead overnight.

2013/01/27

Man Killed In Fast-Moving Newark Fire

A man was killed Saturday when a fast-moving fire roared through his home in Newark.

2013/01/26

Man Killed In Brooklyn Apartment Fire

A man was killed Sunday in a fire in a Borough Park, Brooklyn apartment building.

2013/01/20

New Jersey Building Owner Pleads Guilty To Charges From Deadly Fire

The owner of a multi-unit apartment building in Paterson, N.J., where four people died in a fire in 2010 reached a plea deal that will keep her out of prison Wednesday.

2013/01/02