FDNY:

Qasim Mitchell, 24, was found dead in his Gates Avenue apartment that had been set on fire, police said.

Lisa Julian, 47, was hit while walking in Cooper Square early Thursday, the NYPD said.

Flames erupted inside a vacant shop under construction on 34th Street near Penn Station, the FDNY said.

Two people were hurt when a fire broke out in a Midtown McDonald's, the FDNY said.

Rent-stabilized tenants said the owner is trying to kick them out in favor of market-rate renters.

The "rainbow experiment" that burned students is too dangerous, a local official said.

About 10 firefighters suffered minor injuries in a four-alarm fire on W. 76th Street near Central Park.

Vadro Kone was on the Queensboro Bridge when a medical emergency incapacitated him, police said.

A man stabbed his father to death and wounded his mother at Columbus Ave. and 97th Street, police said.

A group of black firefighters and the Justice Department accused the FDNY of discriminatory hiring.

Thaddeus Boone broke into his girlfriend's Wyckoff Gardens apartment and started a fire, NYPD said.

The dead included a mom and her chef daughter, a musician, a dental assistant, and CUNY guard.

The unidentified man is listed in critical condition, the FDNY said.

Another five bodies were found in the rubble early Thursday, police said.

Con Ed's John McAvoy said the call minutes before the blast didn't "indicate urgency."