A two-alarm blaze tore through a ground-floor phone shop at 1515 Fulton St. in Bedford-Stuyvesant just after 1:30 p.m. Monday, hurling thick smoke across the block and blowing out several upstairs windows as stunned neighbors watched from the sidewalk. Firefighters swarmed the corner with ladder trucks and heavy hoses, battling the flames for about an hour before bringing the fire under control while emergency crews checked residents for injuries.
According to News 12, FDNY units were dispatched shortly after 1:30 p.m. to the two-alarm fire, and Citizen app footage shows smoke pouring from the structure with many windows blown out. The outlet reports that fire officials said the flames were first spotted behind the area where cellphones are displayed inside the store. The FDNY told News 12 that crews knocked down the main body of fire in just over an hour and that no one was injured.
Phone Shop On The Corner
Business listings for 1515 Fulton St. show wireless retailers and phone-repair outfits operating at the address, which lines up with fire officials’ description of flames near handset displays. Listings on MapQuest and YellowPages both identify phone vendors and repair shops at that location.
Displacement And Aid
News 12 reports that the station reached out to the Red Cross and was waiting for a response, and did not yet have a clear count of how many residents were displaced. FDNY personnel stayed on scene after the fire was put out to investigate how it started and to evaluate damage to apartments on the upper floors.
Neighbors And Next Steps
Neighbors described a chaotic scene, with smoke, sirens and shattered glass, but many also credited the quick response from firefighters and said they were shaken by the sight of the blown-out windows. City inspectors are set to determine whether the affected units are safe to occupy and whether families will need temporary relocation, and agencies are expected to release more information as those checks continue.
