{"id":230009,"date":"2026-05-13T15:10:43","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T15:10:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/230009\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T15:10:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T15:10:43","slug":"video-fire-rips-through-part-of-brooklyn-building-lithium-ion-batteries-found-on-scene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/230009\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Fire rips through part of Brooklyn building; lithium-ion batteries found on scene"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/NATS-Lithium-Ion-NY-fire-300x170.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1041434\" alt=\"\"   loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>A large overnight fire tore through part of a building in Cypress Hills, leaving behind burned bikes, scooters and heavy damage across the property.<\/p>\n<p>FDNY says the fire broke out just after 1:20 a.m. Wednesday at 503 Ridgewood Ave., near Lincoln and Autumn avenues. Firefighters say flames were reported on the first floor of the three-story building.<\/p>\n<p>Video from the Citizen app shows huge flames shooting from the back of the property as sirens echoed through the neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p>FDNY says 21 units and 79 fire and EMS personnel responded to the scene. Hazmat crews were also called in because of the presence of lithium-ion batteries. The fire was brought under control around 2:13 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>Officials say no injuries were reported. A full vacate order has now been posted on the property. Neighbor Jose Mena said the situation could have turned deadly. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI came out and by the time I came out, the fire was spreading already,\u201d Mena said. \u201cOne of the guys who lives there, he was trying to wake everybody up. This could\u2019ve been worse \u2014 a lot worse. People were sleeping.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>News 12 Brooklyn<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A large overnight fire tore through part of a building in Cypress Hills, leaving behind burned bikes, scooters&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":230010,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,5855,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-230009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-mid-atlantic-region","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230009","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=230009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230009\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/230010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}