{"id":232635,"date":"2026-05-15T13:04:40","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T13:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/232635\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T13:04:40","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T13:04:40","slug":"heavy-fire-rips-through-brownsville-apartment-overnight-brooklyn-paper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/232635\/","title":{"rendered":"Heavy fire rips through Brownsville apartment overnight \u2022 Brooklyn Paper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"808\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DSC_7691.jpg\" class=\"crop-center wp-post-image\" alt=\"DSC_7691\" decoding=\"async\"  \/>\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Firefighters worked to contain a fast-moving two-alarm fire as flames tore through the top floor and spread into the attic space of multiple apartments at 123 Chester St. on Friday, May 15.<\/p>\n<p>Photo by Lloyd Mitchell<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p>A fast-moving two-alarm fire tore through a Brownsville apartment building early Friday morning, leaving multiple apartments uninhabitable and displacing several residents and pets.\n<\/p>\n<p>Firefighters from Engine Company 231 and Tower Ladder 120 arrived shortly after 2:30 a.m. on May 15 to find heavy fire consuming the third floor and spreading into the attic of 123 Chester St., near Pitkin Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>Roughly 100 firefighters stretched multiple hose lines as crews worked aggressively to contain the blaze and prevent it from spreading further. Searches throughout the building were negative for victims.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-242912\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DSC_0060.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"539\"  \/>Smoke pours from the roof of 123 Chester St. as firefighters work to contain a two-alarm blaze in Brownsville.Photo by Lloyd Mitchell<\/p>\n<p>A nearby neighbor said their dogs alerted them to the blaze.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy dogs started barking and I smelled a heavy odor of smoke,\u201d the resident told Brooklyn Paper. \u201cThat\u2019s when I came out and started to hear the sirens. Crazy. They are in my prayers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The blaze was brought under control by about 3:30 a.m. Fire marshals are investigating the incident, and the cause of the fire remains undetermined.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Firefighters worked to contain a fast-moving two-alarm fire as flames tore through the top floor and spread into&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":232636,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,6616,91258,194,545,9,24,12,370,63,646],"class_list":["post-232635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-brownsville","tag-chester-avenue","tag-fdny","tag-fire","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-news","tag-newsletter","tag-nyc","tag-police-and-fire"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232635","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=232635"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232635\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/232636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}