{"id":316140,"date":"2026-08-07T16:48:46","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T16:48:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/316140\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T16:48:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T16:48:46","slug":"fdny-quickly-subdues-all-hands-house-fire-in-canarsie-brooklyn-paper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/316140\/","title":{"rendered":"FDNY quickly subdues all-hands house fire in Canarsie \u2022 Brooklyn Paper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"674\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/DSC_8409.jpg\" class=\"crop-center wp-post-image\" alt=\"canarsie house fire\" decoding=\"async\"  \/>\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>65 firefighters responded to a house fire  in Canarsie on Aug. 6. <\/p>\n<p>Photo by Lloyd Mitchell<\/p>\n<p>Fire marshals are investigating the cause of a late-night fire that burned through a Canarsie home on Aug. 6.\n<\/p>\n<p>The blaze broke out in the rear of a three-story, two-family house on East 81st Street, near Avenue K, at around 11:30 p.m, per the FDNY. When squads arrived on the scene, the back of the home was engulfed in heavy flame.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-246779 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/DSC_8220.jpg\" alt=\"firefighters at canarsie fire\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\"  \/>No one was injured in the blaze, though the extent of damage to the building is unclear. Photo by Lloyd Mitchell<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was laying in bed and I started smelling smoke and I saw flashing lights right after,\u201d said neighbor Rose Colon. \u201cThe firefighters were climbing on the truck pulling hose, the ladder went up really quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A team of 65 firefighters used three hose and an aggressive interior attack to battle the fire. Searches for trapped residents were negative, as all tenants appeared to have escaped on their own.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Nearby resident Pamela Rogers said the scene was\u00a0 \u201cchaotic.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just got in my car to head to work when I saw smoke coming from the building and the firefighters started arriving, it was very chaotic,\u201d she said.\u00a0<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-246773 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/DSC_8217.jpg\" alt=\"house fire canarsie\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\"  \/>Firefighters extinguished the blaze shortly after midnight. Photo by Lloyd Mitchell\n<\/p>\n<p>The fire was brought under control shortly after midnight. There were no injuries, per the FDNY. The extent of the damage within the home was not immediately clear \u2014 the FDNY did not call on the Department of Buildings for an inspection, per a DOB spokesperson \u2014 but the home\u2019s windows were shattered and its brick exterior streaked with smoke.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>FDNY fire marshals will investigate the cause of the blaze.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"65 firefighters responded to a house fire in Canarsie on Aug. 6. 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