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A fire broke out at 21 First Ave., near East 1st Street on Dec. 16, 2011.

A firefighter was injured in a blaze at 141 E. 89th St., near Lexington Avenue, on Dec. 3, 2011.

A transformer fire erupted at 11 Madison Ave. Saturday afternoon, according to the FDNY.

The fire broke out at 200 East 57th St. early Friday.

Smoking is banned in city parks, beaches and public plazas as of Monday.

Passengers had to be moved away from smoking engine to a moving walkway at Newark Liberty Airport.

Firefighters determined that what office workers thought was fire was smoke from a welding project at 787 Seventh Avenue.

Burgers served with peanut butter and hot dogs topped with fries lured the hungry to the truck's long-awaited debut.

Shoppers continued to browse the merchandise as the FDNY investigated.

A cigarette that was tossed in a sidewalk grate caused a fire to break out three floors below a midtown office building.

Transit worker Philip Vasquez, 37, waited patiently for five hours after his car brakes were melted by manhole smoke.

Sparks from a welding torch caused a small fire at a Sheraton hotel in Midtown -- for the second time in three months.

A flue incident caused some smoke problems at the Gramercy Park Hotel early Tuesday.

No one was injured when the vehicle caught fire for unknown reasons, fire officials said.

Tenants were allowed to return to their apartments temporarily on Friday to retrieve clothes, valuables and even pets.