Despite efforts to save her life, Russo ultimately died at age 61 from the unprovoked and “vicious” attack in Astoria, a neighborhood of Queens, the office said in a May 19 news release. She was a ...

FDNY officials are investigating events which led to the death a Sunset Park resident who fell from a fire rescue ladder Monday morning.

If lithium-ion battery fires are near impossible to completely prevent, then containing thermal runaway events is crucial.

In April 2025, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce unanimously approved the Setting Consumer Standards for Lithium-Ion ...

Ashiq Hussein, a 53-year-old man from Pakistan, died after falling while trying to escape a fire in his Brooklyn apartment. The fire broke out early in the morning, and a rescue ladder reportedly ...

City officials unveiled a summer safety plan aimed at keeping locals safe “via land, air, and sea”, with city beaches ...

PHOTOS: Newly promoted Edwardsville Police Lieutenant Matthew Senci, new Police Sergeant Marcus Wagner, new Assistant Fire ...

The three-alarm fire erupted in a Bronx apartment building Thursday afternoon, according to the FDNY, sending residents ...

A US man plunged to his death when a fire department’s ladder suddenly gave way as he evacuated a blaze at a New York apartment building, shocking video shows.

The revised budget reduces proposed layoffs from 1,647 to 600, restores key civilian LAPD positions, and scales back funding ...

A Pakistani immigrant died after falling from a faulty ladder while escaping a burning apartment building in Brooklyn, New York.

The rollout of the technology comes after seven people drowned at the city’s public beaches last summer, the most since 2019.