Tom Shand and Michael Wilbur found proof of the value of specifying base model fire rigs at the Howard County, MD, Department ...

After deadly fires within the last month killed five people in Manhattan and the Bronx, fire officials are stressing that the ...

More than 65 Rochester firefighters have died in the line of duty over 200 years. See their stories of sacrifice.

QUEENS, New York (WABC) -- Six firefighters were injured, including one seriously, while fighting a blaze in Queens on Thursday. FDNY officials say the fire broke out around 6:45 p.m. in a vacant, two ...

BELMONT, Bronx (WABC) -- Fire marshals say several doors left open during a blaze in the Bronx on Tuesday created a tunnel of fire that ultimately cost two women their lives. Firefighters arrived at ...

Police confirm a man has died following a fire in Sunset Park. It happened just after 7 a.m. Monday at the corner of 9th Ave and 39th Street. Firefighters responded to the scene after getting reports ...

A garbage truck fire sent thick smoke through Downtown Brooklyn Friday afternoon after flames erupted inside the vehicle on Flatbush Avenue Extension. FDNY crews dumped the burning load into the ...

Alexa Herrera is a digital producer with the CBS News New York web team. She previously worked with WUFT and WTSP in Florida as a digital producer. She's a Long Island native. The New York City Fire ...