{"id":127079,"date":"2026-02-08T21:35:31","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T21:35:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/127079\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T21:35:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T21:35:31","slug":"firefighters-respond-to-2nd-blaze-in-sub-zero-staten-island-cold-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/127079\/","title":{"rendered":"Firefighters respond to 2nd blaze in sub-zero Staten Island cold Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"7UHRIGV5LZCK7CSMAEUXD44CDE\">STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 The FDNY extinguished another fire in the dangerous cold on Sunday, this time at a home in Tompkinsville.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"WGGQMQMPMBECTGECOGS7U2DYJQ\">The fire was first reported in the basement of a two-story home located at 362 Victory Blvd. at 10:43 a.m., according to a spokesperson from the FDNY.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"JHY5PBSZTRBKVE34UZSOIGUJU4\">As real-feel temperatures on Staten Island were well below zero, 21 units and 79 fire and EMS personnel brought the blaze under control by 11:16 a.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"JHWPKDTTKBHUTCWEOWLTRGAOL4\">No injuries were reported from the blaze, according to the spokesperson.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"X5M4KL52SNGTLENPJXQ5YJMJH4\">In video posted on Citizen, firefighters could be seen lining the road on Victory Boulevard, between Cebra Avenue and Austin Place while working to get the basement fire under control. <\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"nws apartment fire\" class=\"article__image-content\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/EV7QDENHD5FBRC5DVGHMZEVAWM.jpg\"  \/>One firefighter was injured as the FDNY responded to a fire in a two-story apartment building at 1300 Richmond Ave. in Graniteville on Sunday morning. Feb. 8 2026.(Advance\/SILive.com | Mike Matteo)<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"FFJ4SMQ5UFB5FCOWQB4NHKZDQU\">Earlier <a href=\"https:\/\/www.silive.com\/news\/2026\/02\/in-dangerous-cold-nearly-80-staten-island-firefighters-battle-apartment-blaze-1-injured.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.silive.com\/news\/2026\/02\/in-dangerous-cold-nearly-80-staten-island-firefighters-battle-apartment-blaze-1-injured.html\">on Sunday, an apartment fire in Graniteville<\/a> drew a similarly sized response from the FDNY. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"BSXESIN33NHYLOU2MADIQUWNGM\">In that blaze, four people were evaluated for injuries and one firefighter was taken to Richmond University Medical Center in West Brighton.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Mayor Zohran Mamdani thanks firefighters and EMS personnel for keeping New Yorkers safe during the cold snap\" class=\"article__image-content\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/PDN7BYIWYNGJJKTBTTJAW7IYBI.jpg\"  \/>Captain Trent Coppolo greets Mayor Zohran Mamdani upon his arrival to thank firefighters and EMS personnel for keeping New Yorkers safe during the cold snap at Engine 168, EMS Battalion 23 in Rossville on Saturday, Feb. 7, 2026. (Owen Reiter for the Advance\/SILive.com)Owen Reiter<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"NQDYSTS4FJHXDENNQKB7KVHCYU\">This weekend, the borough\u2019s FDNY crews drew high praise from Mayor Zohran Mamdani for their ongoing work during the extreme cold.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"LVOCUEKESJFDNLHIEEG3Y7CAB4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.silive.com\/crime-safety\/2026\/02\/mayor-mamdani-praises-first-responders-at-staten-island-firehouse-amid-extreme-cold.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.silive.com\/crime-safety\/2026\/02\/mayor-mamdani-praises-first-responders-at-staten-island-firehouse-amid-extreme-cold.html\">Mamdani and Fire Commissioner Lillian Bonsignore visited the Engine 168\/EMS Station 23 at 1100 Rossville Ave<\/a>., bringing staff pizza and praising the department\u2019s efforts in responding to emergencies while weathering the wind chill, snow and ice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 The FDNY extinguished another fire in the dangerous cold on Sunday, this time at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":127080,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[9,24,63,134,136,135],"class_list":{"0":"post-127079","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-staten-island","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-new-york-city","10":"tag-nyc","11":"tag-staten-island","12":"tag-staten-island-headlines","13":"tag-staten-island-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127079"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127079\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}