Sunday, February 1, 2015

1 DEAD, ANOTHER IN CRITICAL CONDITION AFTER TWO-ALARM FIRE IN BROOKLYN, NEW YORK CITY




 1 DEAD, ANOTHER IN CRITICAL CONDITION AFTER TWO-ALARM FIRE IN BROOKLYN, NEW YORK CITY

 February 1, 2015

Authorities say the blaze started on the first floor of the E. 89th St. two-family home near Ave. B in East Flatbush around 3:20 a.m. About 106 firefighters responded to the fire, which was under control shortly before 5 a.m.

One person died and another was in critical condition after a two-alarm fire ripped through a Brooklyn home early Sunday, fire officials said.
Authorities say the blaze started around 3:20 a.m. on the first floor of the E. 89th St. two-family home near Ave. B in East Flatbush.

Within a half-hour flames could be seen roaring from the top of the three-story duplex and smoke-eaters were fighting the flames from inside and on the roof.
One victim was rushed to Brookdale University Hospital but could not be saved, police said. The second victim was taken to Kings County Hospital and listed in critical but stable condition.

Next-door neighbor Newby Burns, 65, who was standing across the street from the charred building bundled up in a blanket said the acrid stench of smoke woke him up.

"I was sleeping when I smelled the smoke. My wife was in the kitchen and I thought maybe she was cooking and then she started yelling, 'There's a fire! Grab what you can and get out!'" he said.

Burns said he saw one victim wearing scorched clothes lying apparently unconscious on the ground outside the home.

"Someone in there got burnt up. I was looking at the house when I looked down and saw this person on the floor and the fire department took them out onto the yard and started doing CPR," Burns said.

About 106 firefighters responded to the blaze, which was under control shortly before