Making matters worse, in a situation where every second counts, FDNY officials said they were delayed by vehicles partially blocking fire engine access to the two closest fire hydrants.

(Theodore Parisienne / New York Daily News; FDNY) A 37-year-old man was killed and a woman and toddler critically hurt when a fire ripped through their Brooklyn apartment building early Sunday ...

NEW YORK -- A fire in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn turned deadly overnight, and the FDNY says parked cars were blocking two of the closest hydrants. The fire broke out shortly after 3:30 a.m. Sunday on the ...

A 37-year-old man was killed and a woman and toddler critically hurt when a fire ripped through their Brooklyn apartment building early Sunday — and FDNY officials say two SUVs parked at fire ...

BAY RIDGE, Brooklyn (PIX11) – The FDNY has called out the drivers of two cars parked near fire hydrants, saying they slowed down the agency’s response to a deadly fire in Brooklyn early Sunday ...

A 37-year-old man was killed and a woman and toddler critically hurt when a fire ripped through their Brooklyn apartment building early Sunday — and FDNY officials say two SUVs parked at fire hydrants ...

A building fire left a person dead and two others hurt early Sunday morning in Bay Ridge, according to officials. It happened around 3:30 a.m. on the third floor of the building on 80th Street.

His death was confirmed by the New York City Fire Department's Family Assistance ... the passing of retired Firefighter Thomas Dunn, Engine company E234, who succumbed to a WTC-related illness ...