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NEW YORK — Eighteen children were injured Wednesday in a fire that was sparked by a lithium-ion battery at a Queens day care, officials said.

Lake Mead’s decline may slow, thanks to winter’s wet start

NEW YORK — Eighteen children were injured in a Queens house fire sparked by a lithium-ion battery on Wednesday, officials said.

NEW YORK — A man was killed and 10 others were hospitalized when a charging e-bike battery sparked a raging Queens fire that tore through a home near LaGuardia Airport, police and fire officials said Saturday.

Inadequate staffing, longer hours and surging 911 calls put residents at risk

NEW YORK — Two children were killed and two others were badly hurt in a Staten Island house fire Friday morning, authorities said.

"How can we increase the money for defense and not put money in the budget for the first defenders on 9/11?"

NEW YORK — A massive fire tore through in an NYPD warehouse in Brooklyn Tuesday, destroying DNA evidence and potentially endangering multiple criminal cases, NYPD and FDNY officials said.

NEW YORK — No civilians will be allowed to ride on New York City Fire Department fireboats unless the trip is approved by the department’s chief of fire operations, the FDNY said Friday — five months after a rogue fire boat trip ended in the death of a visiting Belgian…

NEW YORK — A program aimed at improving the city’s response to mental health emergencies has slid backward since its initial launch, with response times getting slower, more people sent to hospitals and stepped-up police involvement in cases.

E-bikes' benefits are threatened by the growing toll of deaths and injuries from battery fires.