#causes-of-arson

#causes-of-arson

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The fire escalated throughout the morning, ultimately reaching fifth alarm status by 7:30 a.m. One person was found dead in the apartment where the fire originated.

According to police sources, the incident unfolded just after 8:30 p.m. on March 2 as the 37-year-old victim lay on the sidewalk at the corner of West 31st Street and 8th Avenue, near the Amtrak portion of the bustling Midtown transit hub. Cops say the perpetrators approached the individual as he slept and set fire to his clothing.

The FDNY is battling a smoky four-alarm fire at a Brooklyn waterfront warehouse Wednesday afternoon. Firefighters were called just after 12:30 p.m. to the building on Columbia Street. The building is right near another warehouse in Red Hook that was heavily damaged by a blaze in September. This is also close to an NYPD storage facility that burned down in 2022, destroying years worth of evidence including DNA and items from crime scenes.

The first blaze broke out shortly before 6 p.m. Friday at 301 Pennsylvania Ave. in East New York, where members of the 15th Division arrived to find heavy fire on the first floor and extension to the second. Engine Company 290 and Ladder Company 103 knocked back the flames, and the fire was declared under control at 6:45 p.m.