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Since Purple K is a powder what pushes the powder through the booster reel they use to apply the powder ? I assume that there is some type of a pump but is the powder pumped directly or is it pushe through by some type of gas ?

Is it just me or does seem like there have been quite a few major fires in auto body shops both in NYC and northern New Jersery ? Are they using some new hazardous materials or is something else going on ?

Any idea what time the alarm came in and the duration ? Thanks.

Unless they have already thought of it, they might be able to use a small tanker, on the same type of chasis, to shuttle water between a regular pumper attached to a hydrant and 1 or 2 of these John Deere vehicles to keep them operational out in the brush.

Saw this on Facebook. Is it real or AI generated ? If real what are the specs gpm, tank etc. ?

Duration 24 minutes.

Was this incident by the BP station ?

19:00 131 Jersey St 8th Floor 19:23 All fire extinguished. 19:30 PWH

Isn't there a Purple K unit on Staten Island ? I thought that one is housed with Engine 152 ?

Another fire not far from Ada Drive. I hope the Fire Marshals have also noticed this. Several fires on Ada Drive and the vicinity have occurred last year and this year. Maybe NYPD should also do extra patrols in the area to apprehend the arsonist.

I wonder if the fire started on the 4th floor and spread to the cockloft or the other way around.

https://www.silive.com/crime-safety/2026/06/second-two-alarm-fire-in-one-day-strikes-park-hill-apartment-building-in-staten-island-1-injured.html

https://www.silive.com/news/2026/05/fdny-announces-cause-of-deadly-staten-island-explosion-that-injured-40-people.html “Preliminary findings indicate the fire involved the ignition of flammable vapors associated with industrial-grade paint within a confined space,” the FDNY told the...

https://nypost.com/2026/05/23/us-news/worker-killed-in-nyc-shipyard-blast-was-trapped-in-boats-belly-family-says/ Worker who died was trapped below deck in the hold painting.

Field Com: 18:45 10-45 code 1 Must be the formerly trapped person.

10-45