Fire on East 7th

A heroic Brooklyn man tossed three kids out a third-floor window this morning after a fire ripped through his home, averting a tragedy that could have taken the lives of the 13 people living inside, fire officials said. Mohammed Qasim, 46, a father of three who lived in the home with his sister and her six kids, said he awoke to the screams of children.

“I woke up because of the screaming,” he said. “I don’t know what caused the fire, but I called 911. I had to throw my kids out the from the attic top window.”

“They didn’t want to jump,” said Qasim, who works in a nearby grocery store and has been living in the home for 10 years. “I wanted to save my children’s lives. I lost everything, but thank God everyone is OK.”