{"id":287130,"date":"2026-07-05T06:28:49","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T06:28:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/287130\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T06:28:49","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T06:28:49","slug":"fire-breaks-out-on-brooklyn-bridge-during-july-4-fireworks-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/287130\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire breaks out on Brooklyn Bridge during July 4 fireworks show"},"content":{"rendered":"

A fire broke out on the Brooklyn Bridge late Saturday during a fireworks show marking the 250th anniversary of American independence, authorities and U.S. media reported.<\/p>\n

Flames were seen in four spots on the bridge near the fireworks display. Firefighters brought the blaze under control after the show ended. No injuries were reported.<\/p>\n

Fire breaks out on Brooklyn Bridge during July 4 fireworks <\/p>\n

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Calls reporting the fire came in at 9:32 p.m. local time. Police officials said it was \u201cvery likely\u201d caused by the fireworks. Officials said the fire was extinguished about 30 minutes after the first report.<\/p>\n

The bridge remained closed to traffic for about another half hour as emergency vehicles blocked the lanes.<\/p>\n

\u201cHonestly, we were all pretty relaxed,\u201d Sharanika Akter, 33, who came from Queens to watch the fireworks, told The New York Times. \u201cI thought it was pretty small, from my view from the ground.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Fire breaks out on Brooklyn Bridge during July 4 fireworks <\/p>\n

(Photo: REUTERS\/Angelina Katsanis)<\/p>\n

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Fire breaks out on Brooklyn Bridge during July 4 fireworks <\/p>\n

(Photo: REUTERS\/Angelina Katsanis)<\/p>\n

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Fire breaks out on Brooklyn Bridge during July 4 fireworks <\/p>\n

(Photo: AP Photo\/Aron Ranen)<\/p>\n

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Fire breaks out on Brooklyn Bridge during July 4 fireworks <\/p>\n

(Photo: REUTERS\/Angelina Katsanis)<\/p>\n

Love Majewski, who watched from Manhattan near the lower part of the bridge, said the fire appeared suddenly. \u201cI saw this weird fire, flames that came out of nowhere,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n

The Brooklyn Bridge, a suspension bridge over the East River connecting Manhattan and Brooklyn, opened May 24, 1883, and is considered an engineering landmark.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A fire broke out on the Brooklyn Bridge late Saturday during a fireworks show marking the 250th anniversary…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":287131,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-287130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287130","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=287130"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287130\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/287131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=287130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=287130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=287130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}