At 44-feet long, the town's new ladder truck has a compact wheelbase for improved maneuverability— an essential feature for navigating the town’s narrower roads and residential areas, Interim Fire ...

Video footage shows a man, identified as Ashiq Hussein, 53, falling from a fire rescue ladder as he was trying to escape from a burning apartment building in Brooklyn, N.Y.

A malfunctioning fire department ladder sent a 53-year-old Brooklyn man tumbling to his death during a caught-on-video Monday morning mishap.

The Brooklyn immigrant who plunged to his death as FDNY firefighters worked to save him from a fire in his apartment above a Brooklyn bodega fell after the rescue ladder he stepped onto suddenly ...

SUNSET PARK, Brooklyn (PIX11) — An investigation is underway after a man died in the midst of an attempted rescue from a building fire on Wednesday, according to the FDNY. A representative fo… ...

He lowered himself on to the fire escape to rescue them. I took a position where I could photograph what I thought was an impending routine rescue. The ladder went up to pick them up - they were about ...

A devastating fire in Brooklyn took the life of 53-year-old Pakistani immigrant Ashiq Hussain, who plunged to his death when a rescue ladder abruptly retracted as he attempted to escape.