It was the second major fire to hit the city in two days, Mayor Mamdani said as he showed up at the Madison St. blaze in Ridgewood.

A person was critically injured after an apartment caught fire in Brooklyn on Tuesday, according to the FDNY. Fire officials said flames broke out on the 3rd floor of the Colonial Road building in Bay Ridge around 10:30 p.

RIDGEWOOD, Queens (WABC) -- The Red Cross says it is helping 50 adults and 10 children after they were displaced by a multi-building fire in Ridgewood, Queens on Tuesday morning.

A massive inferno ripped through a Bronx apartment building early Monday — injuring three people, including two firefighters — as the FDNY’s response was hampered by illegally parked cars too close to hydrants, according to officials.

First responders call out scofflaws blocking hydrants for delaying the response to a five alarm fire in the Bronx.

Flames were seen shooting out of the third floor of a building on Pierrepont Street on Monday. The blaze forced dozens of residents from their homes.

The ceremony held at the FDNY headquarters in Brooklyn cemented Lillian Bonsignore, 56, as the second woman and the first openly gay individual to lead the department.

"A commissioner's greatest duty isn't to command the fire, but to protect and empower the hands that fight it," FDNY Commissioner Lillian Bonsignore said.

A fire ripped through a brownstone Brooklyn apartment building on Monday. The FDNY responded to the reported third-floor fire at 62 Pierrepont St. in Brooklyn Heights at 3:24 p.m., officials said. Video on Citizen showed smoke and fire pouring out of the third-story windows as crews worked to put out