A fire that consumed two buildings, including a Buddhist Temple, and left two people dead in the Bronx was sparked by a space heater, officials said. The blaze broke out inside a building on Anthony ...

Fire officials say a car blocking a fire hydrant slowed their response to a deadly fire at a Buddhist temple in the Bronx on Wednesday morning. Two people were killed when the three-alarm fire tore ...

Guilderland Supervisor Peter Barber, in his 10th year as supervisor, spoke for about three-quarters of an hour at the town hall to a crowd made up primarily of town employees, whose work he praised ...

Firefighters had to navigate cars that blocked hydrants in two fires in the Bronx and in Brooklyn. “Seconds count when we’re fighting fire,” said a Fire Department chief.

Queens group urges stronger parking enforcement after a fatal Brooklyn fire was worsened by cars blocking hydrants.

When Cincinnati fire crews head out on a run, they want to know as much as possible about the situation, especially if the building they are responding to is boarded up.