{"id":527080,"date":"2022-12-14T22:59:48","date_gmt":"2022-12-14T19:59:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/cause-of-fire-at-nypd-evidence-warehouse-unknown\/"},"modified":"2022-12-14T22:59:48","modified_gmt":"2022-12-14T19:59:48","slug":"cause-of-fire-at-nypd-evidence-warehouse-unknown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/cause-of-fire-at-nypd-evidence-warehouse-unknown\/","title":{"rendered":"#Cause of fire at NYPD evidence warehouse unknown"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3664c0d64a9\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3664c0d64a9\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/cause-of-fire-at-nypd-evidence-warehouse-unknown\/#%E2%80%9CCause_of_fire_at_NYPD_evidence_warehouse_unknown%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Cause of fire at NYPD evidence warehouse unknown&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CCause_of_fire_at_NYPD_evidence_warehouse_unknown%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Cause of fire at NYPD evidence warehouse unknown&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>A massive\u00a0blaze at the NYPD\u2019s Brooklyn impound warehouse\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ears to have been accidental, sources told The Post Wednesday \u2014 as officials began to assess the potential damage to decades of evidence stored at the facility.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The FDNY said that while the fire was brought under control at around 6 p.m. Tuesday, it was still on the scene in Red Hook Wednesday morning \u201chandling fire\u00a0flare-ups\u00a0and hot spots\u201d before finally being able to enter the site later in the afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not yet clear what exactly caused the inferno that engulfed the Erie Basin Auto Pound in Red Hook, but police sources told The Post that it did not appear to be criminal in nature.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The facility is used by the NYPD to house a variety of evidence dating back to the 1980s, including seized vehicles and motorcycles, and \u201chistoric vehicles\u201d tied to past cases.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo preserve the evidence in that building is going to be difficult and until the detectives from the arson and explosion unit get in there and see the damage we won\u2019t have any determination,\u201d Paul DiGiacomo, head of the NYPD Detective Endowment Association <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5ny.com\/video\/1154393\">told Fox5 News<\/a> on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/evidence-burned-tow-pound-fire-8.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Brooklyn NYPD warehouse fire.\" class=\"wp-image-25008687\" width=\"618\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/evidence-burned-tow-pound-fire-8.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1233 1236w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/evidence-burned-tow-pound-fire-8.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=925 927w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/evidence-burned-tow-pound-fire-8.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=618 618w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/evidence-burned-tow-pound-fire-8.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=308 309w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/evidence-burned-tow-pound-fire-8.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\"\/><figcaption>Fire officials are still trying to determine the cause of a massive three-alarm blaze at an NYPD warehouse in Red Hook on Tuesday.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Paul Martinka<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know if it was lost,\u201d DiGiacomo said of potential damage to evidence. \u201cThat\u2019s yet to be determined. Again, a lot of that information is backed up on the computer systems.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The three-alarm blaze broke out shortly after 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, sending huge plumes of smoke into the air as more than a dozen employees inside the facility fled to safety, cops said.<\/p>\n<p>Fire investigators are considering the possibility that lithium batteries from e-bikes stored at the site may have sparked the blaze, although sources said the batteries are disconnected from the bikes and that the fire began elsewhere in the warehouse.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/evidence-burned-tow-pound-fire-7.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Fire at NYPD Brooklyn warehouse.\" class=\"wp-image-25008708\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/evidence-burned-tow-pound-fire-7.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/evidence-burned-tow-pound-fire-7.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/evidence-burned-tow-pound-fire-7.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Investigators have yet to assess the potential damage to NYPD evidence stored at the department\u2019s impound lot in Brooklyn following Tuesday fire there. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Paul Martinka<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Among the \u201chistoric vehicles\u201d stored at the site are the patrol cars of fallen cops, including the cruiser where NYPD detectives Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos were gunned down last year, and the squad car hero cop Edward Byrne was sitting when he was killed in 1988.<\/p>\n<p>According to sources, the potential loss of evidence would most likely impact cold cases \u2014  or possible future appeals. Evidence tied to pending or active cases is not stored at the warehouse, the sources said.<\/p>\n<p>The department stores more than 1,000 barrels of evidence, dating back decades, that includes DNA pulled from clothes and other items at the warehouse.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/evidence-burned-tow-pound-fire-3.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Fire at NYPD Brooklyn warehouse\" class=\"wp-image-25008718\" width=\"618\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/evidence-burned-tow-pound-fire-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1233 1236w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/evidence-burned-tow-pound-fire-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=925 927w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/evidence-burned-tow-pound-fire-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=618 618w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/evidence-burned-tow-pound-fire-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=308 309w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/evidence-burned-tow-pound-fire-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\"\/><figcaption>A massive blaze at an NYPD warehouse in Brooklyn was brought under control on Wednesday, despite lingering flare-ups, authorities said. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Paul Martinka<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Much of it \u2014 including DNA \u2014 is backed up on computer files or with photographs, as was the case when Hurricane Sandy damaged some NYPD evidence there, sources said. <\/p>\n<p>The massive 2012 storm, which ravaged the region, damaged the NYPD facility and ruined troves of evidence stored there.<\/p>\n<p>After Sandy, provisions were announced to prevent future damage to the items kept at the site, but it\u2019s unclear if those measures were ever taken.<\/p>\n<p>Most, if not all, of the\u00a0items stored there during Tuesdays\u2019 fire date\u00a0to criminal cases prior to 2012, and have been tested and photographed so have likely not been lost forever, sources said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/evidence.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Fire at NYPD Brooklyn warehouse.\" class=\"wp-image-25008717\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/evidence.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/evidence.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/evidence.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Officials have yet to determine the damage, if any, to NYPD evidence stored at a Red Hook warehouse where a massive blaze broke out on Tuesday.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Paul Martinka<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>However, full details on the evidence stored at the site are not known, nor has the damage, if any, yet been determined, the sources said. <\/p>\n<p><em>Additional reporting by Reuven Fenton<\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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