Iranian officials received an order to evacuate a nearby factory as firefighting forces continued to battle the flames.
The NYPD's Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating the fire as an anti-Jewish crime and is asking anyone with information to contact the NYPD.
Ohalei Keidar Detention Center activates state of emergency following arson incident involving crime organization leader
Rabbi Zamir Isayev of the Georgian Sephardic community in Azerbaijan: “I am sorry to see the warnings materialize with a hate discourse ending in setting fire to the sanctuary”.
Model and network host Miran Buzaglo shares the terrifying night her family endured as their home caught fire while they slept.
"He had a suitcase filled with his and his wife's medications. The suitcase was riddled with bullet holes," their daughter recalled.
The fire was one of the deadliest industrial disasters in New York City history.
The August fire had been brought under control but never completely extinguished, with embers still burning in the forest.
Civil defense sources said parts of the building had collapsed in the fire.
The fire happened in a Christian town that has been recovering since the war on ISIS. ISIS expelled Christians from Mosul, Nineveh, and Christian towns like Hamdaniya.