Firefighters discovered the child suffering from severe smoke inhalation and brought her up to the roof as thick smoke filling the hallways initially blocked their exit.

Officials said the fire started shortly after 12 p.m. on Friday on the third floor of the complex, then spread to the fourth and fifth floors.

Many of those fired said they already accepted a deferred resignation offer, under which they were to be paid until Sept. 30 if they agreed to quit.

Many say they have nowhere to go, except city shelters, an option that those with pets say isn't available to them.

Battalion Chief Michele Fitzsimmons — a 24-year veteran who joined the FDNY a few months before 9/11—  was named Deputy Chief ...

Fifteen people were hurt – including three firefighters — when a massive Friday morning blaze ripped through a Brooklyn ...

A firefighter battling a blaze in the upstate New York city of Binghamton died after a wall collapsed, officials said ...

Firefighters used ladders to rescue several people from a fire at an apartment building in Hartford on Friday morning and one man was taken to the hospital to be evaluated for possible smoke ...

Prosecutors say 29-year-old Elijah Revander set the fires at 100 Ralph Ave. between Dec. 6 and Jan. 29.