Overview
- The Inwood blaze, reported around 12:30 a.m. Monday, killed three people, left five in critical condition, displaced about 100 residents, and was brought under control by 3 a.m. after roughly 190 responders arrived.
- FDNY leaders said flames that began on a lower floor shot up the building’s only stairwell and intensified in apartments left with doors open, prompting a fresh call to close doors during fires.
- In Queens, a wind‑driven four‑alarm fire on Sunday in East Elmhurst injured 12 firefighters and two civilians, forced one member to use a rope escape device, and heavily damaged two homes.
- Hours later Sunday in Williamsburg, a separate blaze at 927 Grand Street triggered a rear wall collapse, injured three firefighters, and led the Buildings Department to issue full vacate orders for three addresses.
- Court records show the Inwood building’s owner was sued last week over fire hazards next door and had dozens of open violations at 207 Dyckman, while fire marshals continue to probe the causes.