FDNY Battles Manhattan High-Rise Fire | Woman Rescued Just after 11:00 AM on 2/15/2026, FDNY units responded to a high-rise fire at 1806 1st Avenue near East 93rd Street in Manhattan. On arrival, companies were met with heavy smoke and a victim visible at a window with smoke pushing behind her. Ladder 13 made an aggressive push into the fire apartment without the protection of a hoseline and quickly removed the trapped occupant. Engine 22 stretched into the apartment moments later and placed wat

1.6M views · 10K reactions | No injuries reported after a high-rise fire spread rapidly through a 20-story residential building in Milan, Italy. The city’s mayor said firefighters were kicking down doors, apartment by apartment, to make sure there were no victims. https://abcn.ws/3ysAY0T | ABC News | Facebook

If a fire starts in your high-rise apartment building, you could have less than three minutes to make decisions about ways to safely escape. While navigating through an apartment, hallways or even stairwells, it’s critical to make sure you close doors where possible to avoid blocking potential exit routes. Watch footage from our research experiments using 3D models that show how fast fire and smoke can spread when doors are left open. Make sure to share this video with family and friends as a re