FDNY began fighting the fire shortly after it was reported at 8:20 a.m. local time.

New York City officials cited an equipment failure as the inciting incident in a chain of events that sent a tower crane's boom crashing to a city street in July 2023.

A New York City high school senior was jailed Friday on a federal arson charge after authorities say he set a fire that severely burned a sleeping subway passenger. Hiram Carrero, 18, was not required to enter a plea during his arraignment in Manhattan federal court.

Hiram Carrero, 18, faces arson charges for setting a sleeping victim on fire in a NYC subway, resulting in severe injuries. He faces 7 to 40 years if convicted.

NYPD officials said the 56-year-old victim was sleeping on a northbound 3 train around 3 a.m. when the doors opened at the 34th Street–Penn Station stop in Midtown. The alleged assailant entered the train car, lit the victim’s pants on fire and walked back onto the platform, according to police.

The NYPD announced Thursday that an arrest has been made in the case of a man set on fire on board a subway car in Manhattan earlier this week​.

A high school senior was charged with federal arson after allegedly setting fire to a sleeping subway passenger in New York early Monday morning.

An 18-year-old high school senior has been charged with lighting a sleeping man on fire on the subway in New York City.

A homeless man who police say was set on fire while sleeping on a New York City subway car​ has been reunited with his family.

A supermarket employee was charged with arson after investigators said he started a fire inside the New York store just one day before Thanksgiving.