A smoky electrical fire at a New York hospital has sent nearly 20 people to the emergency room and forced the evacuation of hundreds of patients and staff. It happened Monday at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center. The victims were examined at the hospital and released. Fire officials say the blaze started in an electrical panel in an ...

Fire Lt. Martin Fullam survived the Sept. 11 attack on the World Trade Center — a firefighter who rushed to ground zero on his day off and dived into the smoking debris in search of life. It wasn't until four years later that he nearly died, as he gasped for air, barely able to speak or move. But on Wednesday ...

An extension cord ignited a blaze that tore through an apartment building Tuesday in New York City's Chinatown, killing two people and injuring at least 27, fire officials said. One woman who jumped from a third-floor window to the ground was hurt, and two others ...