FDNY Battles Manhattan High-Rise Fire | Woman Rescued Just after 11:00 AM on 2/15/2026, FDNY units responded to a high-rise fire at 1806 1st Avenue near East 93rd Street in Manhattan. On arrival, companies were met with heavy smoke and a victim visible at a window with smoke pushing behind her. Ladder 13 made an aggressive push into the fire apartment without the protection of a hoseline and quickly removed the trapped occupant. Engine 22 stretched into the apartment moments later and placed wat

No injuries reported after a high-rise fire spread rapidly through a 20-story residential building in Milan, Italy. The city’s mayor said firefighters were kicking down doors, apartment by apartment, to make sure there were no victims. https://abcn.ws/3ysAY0T | ABC News

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