{"id":3709,"date":"2026-07-05T06:39:54","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T06:39:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=3709"},"modified":"2026-07-05T06:39:54","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T06:39:54","slug":"brooklyn-bridge-catches-fire-during-fourth-of-july-fireworks-display","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=3709","title":{"rendered":"Brooklyn Bridge catches fire during Fourth of July fireworks display"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Flames erupted on the Brooklyn Bridge as fireworks were being shot from it during Macy\u2019s July 4 display over the East River.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=3707\">Patrick Ewing joins Wizards staff as an assistant coach<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Video shows a plume of smoke emerging from a flaming section of the bridge as fireworks soar and burst around it Saturday night. Two other sections also appeared to burn as the pyrotechnics were being shot from the span.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt first I thought it was supposed to happen but then I was scared it would exploded. I thought the bridge was made of wood so I was scared,\u201d said Nearing Khoula, 24, from France, who was watching the display from the Brooklyn waterfront.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere were four at the same time. Some extra fireworks exploded due to the fire.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=3705\">8 shot, including 4 kids, while watching fireworks in Brooklyn: sources<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt started as a small fire and got bigger. There was too much black smoke,\u201d added Mohamed Shaban, 31, of Egypt. <\/p>\n<p>All the fires burned out after a minute, a Post reporter observed. <\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A source with knowledge of the fire response said that \u201cminor\u201d blazes broke out on platforms installed to launch the fireworks, not on the bridge itself \u2014 and that the 143-year-old bridge remains \u201csafe and structurally sound.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=3703\">Trump hails US as \u2018light and the glory\u2019 of the world on 4th of July, condemns \u2018cancer\u2019 of communism<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The fire was extinguished with two engines, according to the FDNY.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Brooklyn Bridge partially caught fire during the July 4 fireworks display in New York City.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3708,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-metro"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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