Firefighters are urging extra vigilance after a parked car nearly blocked access to a fire hydrant Friday morning.

I hope this significant fine sends a clear message to New Yorkers: don't block a fire hydrant," a statement by New York City Fire Commissioner Robert Tucker said. The fire, caused by a space heater, ...

The FDNY slapped a woman with a $4,000 fine for having her car parked in front of a hydrant when a deadly Bronx fire broke out — marking the first time the department issued a criminal summons ...

The New York City Fire Department issued its first-ever criminal summons to a driver whose car blocked a fire hydrant and slowed down efforts to extinguish a Bronx fire that killed two people ...

A brazen 27-year-old woman who left her car parked next to a fire hydrant as a fatal fire tore through a Bronx Buddhist temple — then defiantly complained about parking in the area to reporters ...

Six businesses were destroyed Thursday as a massive fire tore through a row of Bronx stores — and the FDNY’s response was hampered by a brazen motorist who parked his car by a nearby fire ...

FDNY Commissioner Robert S. Tucker announced Friday that the department’s Bureau of Fire Prevention issued a criminal court summons that resulted in a $4,000 fine for a fire code violation.

A driver was fined a whopping $4,000 for allegedly parking in front of a fire hydrant and blocking New York City firefighters during a fatal blaze. Two people died in the Feb. 12 fire on Anthony ...