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Incidents of explosions and fires regarding e-bikes, mopeds and other battery-operated cycles that require lithium-ion batteries have risen in 2022. There have been more than 400 investigations of lithium-ion battery related cases since 2019. A recent fire led to multiple bill proposals and legislations push for safety standards.

Electeds push legislation after battery causes Bronx fire

A roaring, billowing fire on March 5 in Fordham Heights tore through a supermarket and caused significant damage to its neighbors. The cause? A damaged lithium-ion battery that exploded. It stirred lawmakers to propose new safety standards. more

By Stacy Driks | 3/17/23

Jolissa Mendez, left, and Hasnie Ahmetaj are two paramedics assigned to an EMS unit that will no longer permanently serve the greater Riverdale area starting in October.

Community: Leave our ambulances alone

Community Board 8’s public safety committee wants to keep its ambulances, pushing back on a city plan to remove some from service in this part of the Bronx by October. more

By SACHI McCLENDON | 5/1/22

(From Left) Hasnie Ahmetaj, Dawill Hernandez and Jolissa Mendez pose for a portrait as they begin one of their shifts on 27-Victor, an ambulance that will no longer permanently serve the Riverdale area starting in October.

And then they took away the ambulances

Hasnie Ahmetaj has responded to emergency medical calls in this part of Bronx for the past three years. She’s shocked hearts back to life in Kingsbridge. She’s revived patients who couldn’t breathe in Spuyten Duyvil. She’s treated dozens and dozens of COVID-19 victims in the back of an ambulance as it sped along Riverdale Avenue. more

By SACHI McCLENDON | 4/4/22

The Fordham Heights fire that claimed 17 lives and left 32 others hospitalized last in January was started by a space heater, according to investigators. However, those same fire officials also point out the blaze spread quickly through the East 181st Street apartment building because self-closing doors failed to close.

Rash of electrical fires push FDNY to teach better safety

The massive fires that seemed to engulf building after building in the borough back in the late 1970s and early ‘80s led many declaring the “Bronx is burning.” In fact, it almost felt unusual to not use the word “fire” in conjunction with “Bronx,” because the two had become so synonymous during that time. more

By JOSEPH DE LA CRUZ | 3/7/22

Students from SAR Academy took a bus to Monroe College on Jerome Avenue on Monday, with arms filled with supplies intended to help the displaced families of the Fordham Heights apartment building fire that killed 17, and seriously injured at least 32 more. The local effort was one of many that came together in the aftermath of the blaze, that includes not only supplies, but also more than $1 million in cash donations.

Fire kills 17, but brings Bronx together

In the immediate aftermath of the fire and smoke that tore through a Fordham Heights apartment building, Danny Monge was at the scene, doing what he always does when someone is in distress: He helps out. more

By MICHAEL HINMAN | 1/15/22

Apartments on the top two floors of 130 Van Cortlandt Ave. W., were heavily damaged in a three-alarm blaze earlier this month. Eight people — including three firefighters — were treated at a nearby hospital. Some tenants have since been forced out of their apartments, since the fire, by order of the city until structural repairs can be made.

Fires leave families in despair before holidays

It was supposed to be the most wonderful time of the year. But for some people like Jose Santillan, these holidays are expected to be anything but joyful. more

By JOSEPH DE LA CRUZ | 11/26/21

The gutted interior of a ground-level apartment at 181 W. 238th St., is one of several damaged or destroyed by a fire on the building’s fourth floor that has displaced a number of tenants with no word on when they might return.

Flames refuse to spare apartments, businesses

Lillian Vasquez hopes to be home for the holidays. Unfortunately, it’s looking less likely that will be the case since her apartment is just as shambled as it was the day after it and 15 other units at 181 W. 238th St., were ravaged by fire. more

By JOSEPH DE LA CRUZ | 11/7/21

More than 160 firefighters converged on the intersection of West 238th Street and Bailey Avenue early Tuesday morning to fight a four-alarm blaze that severely damaged five business from Bailey Deli & Grocery to Best Laundromat. The fire was just across the street from 181 W. 238th St., which displaced tenants in more than a dozen apartments there after a fire a little more than a month ago.

Firefighter injured in four-alarm blaze

A four-alarm fire tore through and heavily damaged at least five businesses on Bailey Avenue late Monday night, but of the more than 160 New York Fire Department personnel on the scene, only one was slightly injured. more

By ETHAN STARK-MILLER | 11/4/21

City officials say outdoor dining has helped more than 11,000 restaurants across the city during the coronavirus pandemic. If the program is made permanent, those same officials say they hope to make the process easier for eateries to take advantage of. Still, some Community Board 8 leaders like Charles Moerdler worries about long-term effects of such a program.

Restaurants could keep outdoor dining after COVID

Unless you’ve been locked down under a rock over the past 18 months, you may have noticed the city’s streets and sidewalks have been breached by outdoor diners. But is it just a COVID thing? Or is it here to stay? more

By JOSEPH DE LA CRUZ | 9/26/21

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