NEW YORK (AP) — One particular person was killed and 17 have been injured in a fireplace that broke out at a New York Metropolis residence constructing, leaving some residents trapped on the hearth escape on Friday.
Twelve folks have been taken to space hospitals, and 4 have been in crucial situation, officers stated at a information convention. One particular person, whose id has not but been launched, was additionally in crucial situation on the scene however died on the hospital, stated Joseph Pfeifer, the Fireplace Division’s first deputy commissioner.
New York Metropolis hearth officers responded shortly after 2 p.m. to a fireplace that started on the third flooring of a six-story residential constructing at 2 St. Nicholas Place in Harlem, with flames and heavy smoke blowing into the hallway and trapping residents above, Pfeifer stated.
Upon arrival, officers discovered quite a few residents on the constructing’s hearth escapes. There have been additionally folks trapped, hanging off home windows on the fifth flooring, Chief of Division John Hodgens stated. Three firefighters have been lowered by rope from the roof to rescue them.
“We often have considered one of these a 12 months or two. This was three at one hearth,” Hodgens stated. “A really heroic motion, and all of these folks sadly are in crucial situation, however they’re on the hospital.”
The reason for the hearth stays beneath investigation.
