What happened in New York City in the 30 minutes before 1:30 PM on Saturday, October 31, 2026, from the agencies to your pocket: no middlemen, no gatekeepers.
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1:08 PM · Building fire · Willoughby St and Lawrence St, Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill
FDNY radio reported a building fire at Willoughby St and Lawrence St in Downtown Brooklyn, Brooklyn, at 1:08 PM. More units were called as it went on.
- Status: Working fire: more units called (1:09 PM)
- Where: Willoughby St and Lawrence St, Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill · FDNY Box 0431
- Responding: FDNY
- Units heard: Battalion 44
- Timeline: 1:08 PM first report · 1:09 PM all hands working
- Heard on: FDNY Brooklyn radio · 4 transmissions, 1:08 PM–1:10 PM
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