The New York City Emergency Management Office is encouraging people nearby to avoid the area and close their windows.

Within minutes, it escalated to a 5-alarm fire, ultimately requiring over ... blowing out of the window on the second floor," said FDNY Chief of Operations Kevin Woods. "The fire rapidly extended ...

The FDNY says welding work caused a Thursday afternoon three-alarm at a two-story home in Gravesend. The FDNY says it received a call about the fire at at East 4th Street and Kings Highway shortly ...