Tag Archive | "fire"

Suspicious Fire in Crown Heights Kills One, Injures Two

Thursday, December 8, 2011

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An early morning fire in a Crown Heights apartment building left one dead and two injured, the Daily News reported. The deceased, who has not been identified yet, was in his fifties and drank heavily, [...]

Bed-Stuy woman dies in two-alarm blaze

Monday, October 18, 2010

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A massive fire claimed the life of an elderly Brooklyn woman early Sunday, the New York Daily News reports. The woman, whose name has not been released, died at Woodhull Hospital after firefighters pulled her from [...]

Cause of Fatal Fire Still Under Investigation

Friday, October 1, 2010

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Fire officials continue to investigate the cause of a fire in Midwood that killed an 8 year-old boy and injured five of his siblings late Wednesday evening, the Wall Street Journal is reporting. While no [...]

More Information Learned About Fatal Brooklyn Fire

Thursday, September 30, 2010

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The story regarding a fatal fire in Midwood last night is developing. NY1 reports that a Brooklyn rabbi managed to save five of his children, but couldn’t get to his 8 year-old son Avigdor Krasny, [...]

Brooklyn Boy Dies in Fire, Five Other Children Wounded

Thursday, September 30, 2010

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An 8 year-old boy was killed in a fire that broke out at around 9:30 p.m. tonight at 1118 Avenue P in Midwood, Brooklyn. The fire was knocked down around 11 p.m. by the more [...]

Funeral Held in Brownsville for Staten Island Murder-Suicide Victims

Thursday, August 5, 2010

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A funeral home owner in Brownsville, Brooklyn donated services for the five members of the Jones family who died in a fiery murder-suicide on Staten Island in late July. Police originally thought C.J., a 14 [...]

Brooklyn Church Fire Likely Destroyed Rare Organ

Friday, July 9, 2010

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A 92 year-old organ is likely a complete loss after a fire Wednesday night at the Boerum Hill Baptist Temple. The instrument wasn’t in regular use, but had been featured on a number of recent [...]

Ocean Hill Fire Victims Identified; Another Blaze Breaks Out In Boerum Hill

Thursday, March 11, 2010

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The man killed in the Ocean Hill fire last night has been formally identified, the Daily News reports. He was 35-year-old Eddie Ortiz. The two other victims have been identified as Paco Ortiz, 81, and [...]

Fatality In Ocean Hill Blaze; Investigation Underway

Thursday, March 11, 2010

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It has now been confirmed that a man hurt in the Ocean Hill fire last night has died. He was 35. A 40-year-old woman and an 81-year-old man were critically injured in the blaze, which [...]

After the Bensonhurst Fire

Friday, March 5, 2010

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Five lives were lost in the early morning hours on January 30 in a fire allegedly set by the victims’ neighbor. The Brooklyn Ink has chronicled the aftermath of the devastating Bensonhurst fire on the people whose lives it touched and the community in which it occurred in a five-part series.