It was the second major fire to hit the city in two days, Mayor Mamdani said as he showed up at the Madison St. blaze in Ridgewood.

A five-alarm fire that tore through a Ridgewood apartment building on Tuesday is now part of a worrying rise in cold-weather blazes across the city, keeping firefighters and relief groups especially busy this winter.

RIDGEWOOD, Queens (WABC) -- The Red Cross says it is helping 50 adults and 10 children after they were displaced by a multi-building fire in Ridgewood, Queens on Tuesday morning.

Firefighters battled a large house fire that broke out at 21-07 147th Street in Queens, New York after flames spread from one building to two others. The FDNY declared it a three-alarm fire. , US News,

The blaze escalated to a fifth-alarm fire by about 4:31 a.m., drawing over 270 firefighters and emergency medical personnel to the scene.

A fire in a Queens apartment left one person hospitalized with burns; cause and victim's condition are still unknown.