Four separate residential fires from March 14-15 left seven people injured in Brooklyn.
Photo by Lloyd Mitchell
Fire marshals are investigating a slew of unrelated residential fires that left at least seven people injured across Brooklyn over the weekend.
The most destructive fire of the weekend began in a two-family home on Conklin Avenue in Canarsie just after 3 a.m. on March 15.
Firefighters were met with heavy fire and thick smoke when they arrived at the home, per the FDNY. Several residents had jumped from the building and were waiting in the street, firefighters said.
Firefighters battled heavy fire on the first and second floors during a two alarm fire in a private residence at 124 Conklin Ave. in Canarsie. Photo by Lloyd Mitchell
It took nearly two hours for firefighters to get the blaze under control. Six people — four civilians and two firefighters — were injured, according to the FDNY. Two civilians suffered serious injuries, and were rushed to Brookdale University Hospital. The other civilians and two firefighters were taken to nearby hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries.
The fire left the house uninhabitable, city records show. Its windows and doors were destroyed, the roof was open, and its ceiling, walls and joists were charred. The city’s Department of Buildings issued a full vacate order, and the American Red Cross is reportedly assisting four families who were displaced, including ten adults and one child.
Six people were injured in the Conklin Avenue blaze, and several were displaced. Photo by Lloyd Mitchell
The first of the four fires had broken out just about 24 hours earlier, in a two-family home on the 200 block of Halsey Street in Bed-Stuy. Flames quickly spread across the home’s second and third floors, requiring a response from nearly 150 firefighters and paramedics.
One person was injured, per the FDNY. The fire — and the firefighting efforts — left the building badly damaged, per city records, with holes in the roof and floors, broken windows, and charred structural elements. The city’s Department of Buildings issued a full vacate order on the home, declaring it “unsafe to occupy.”
In 2023, inspectors had cited the building for “failure to maintain” at least one unit, city records show. Officials found structural framing and electrical wires exposed and issued a partial vacate order, which had not been rectified as of 2026.
Hours later, at 8:20 a.m., firefighters rushed to NYCHA Breukelen Houses at 671 East 105th Street in Canarsie, where a fire had broken out on the fourth floor of a seven-story apartment building.
The blaze was brought under control in less than an hour, but one civilian was injured and taken to Brookdale University Hospital by ambulance. It was at least the second small fire reported at Bruekelen Houses — which has long suffered serious maintenance issues — in less than a year.
Another small fire was reported in a mixed-use building at 5323 7th Avenue in Sunset Park that afternoon, per the FDNY. That blaze was brought quickly under control, with no injuries and no major damage.
The cause of the fires has not yet been determined, and will be investigated by the FDNY fire marshal.