Crime & Safety
Crown Heights Fire Rips Through Brownstone, Injuring 7: FDNY
The fire destroyed a brownstone on Bergen Street Tuesday night, the FDNY said.
CROWN HEIGHTS, NY – A huge fire burned through a Crown Heights brownstone Tuesday night, injuring six firefighters and one police officer, the FDNY said.
The third alarm blaze started at 910 Bergen St. around 9:15 p.m. and was not under control until after 11 p.m., said FDNY.
Six firefighters and one police officer were injured – but not seriously – during the fight to extinguish the flames, FDNY said.
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FDNY Assistant Chief Roger Sakowich said three of the firefighters were hurt when a staircase collapsed underneath them, ABC News reported.
The fire came hours after a massive blaze in The Bronx left 23 injured Tuesday morning. And, on Dec. 28, the deadliest fire in the city in two decades, also in The Bronx, killed 12.
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VIDEO: 3 Alarm Fire involving 3 private dwellings at Bergen st & Franklin Ave. Firefighter injured. Via @joshpindjak pic.twitter.com/5zyibxOHcq
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