A sudden blaze flared on the iconic bridge after a fireworks display, prompting rapid response from crews and a temporary closure while officials investigated.<\/p>\n
On Saturday evening, during the Macy\u2019s 4th of July Fireworks Show in New York City on the Brooklyn Bridge, a fire briefly broke out.<\/p>\n
Video footage showed that around 9:00 PM several flames appeared on the bridge, including from areas where fireworks were being set off. Police said no injuries were reported.<\/p>\n
likely that the fire was caused by Independence Day fireworks<\/p>\n
\u2013 Police<\/p>\n
Timeline of the Event and Emergency Services\u2019 Actions<\/p>\n
After the show ended, flames and plumes of smoke could be seen from at least four locations where the fireworks had been set up. After the display ended, a water truck worked to extinguish the fire.<\/p>\n
After the display ended, red emergency signals flashed inside the Brooklyn Bridge.<\/p>\n
According to police, at 21:32 a report of a fire on the bridge was received. No injuries were reported. Officials said the fire was most likely caused by Independence Day fireworks.<\/p>\n
By around 22:00 it was determined that the fire had been extinguished.<\/p>\n
The bridge remained closed to traffic for about 22:30, and emergency services blocked all lanes. The officer guarding the bridge entrance said the ban also applied to pedestrians.<\/p>\n
Shortly before 23:00 some emergency services left the bridge.<\/p>\n
This event reminded us that even in a symbolic place like the Brooklyn Bridge a fire can occur during mass celebrations, but the services responded quickly and ensured safety during the aftermath.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A sudden blaze flared on the iconic bridge after a fireworks display, prompting rapid response from crews and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":287145,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[109877,98,109851,109876,100,99,92214,41597,9,24,12,109878,63],"class_list":["post-287144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-bridge-closure","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-bridge-fire","tag-brooklyn-bridge-fire-macys-fireworks-fourth-of-july-nyc-bridge-closure-no-injuries-reported","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-fourth-of-july-nyc","tag-macys-fireworks","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-news","tag-no-injuries-reported","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287144","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=287144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287144\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/287145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=287144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=287144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=287144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}