A high-rise fire in Midtown Manhattan sent black smoke into the air near the start of the St. Patrick's Day Parade.

A rooftop fire sent thick plumes of black smoke over Midtown Manhattan, Tuesday, March 17, 2026, creating a dramatic backdrop just one block from the starting line of the 265th annual St. Patrick's Da...

Four people were killed, including a child, in a raging Queens fire Monday afternoon that had people leaping from the building in a desperate effort to escape the blaze, witnesses and the FDNY said.