Firefighters discovered the child suffering from severe smoke inhalation and brought her up to the roof as thick smoke filling the hallways initially blocked their exit.
Firefighters were met with heavy fire on the third floor of the six-story apartment building on Rochambeau Avenue, which spread to the fourth and fifth floors.
Officials said the fire started shortly after 12 p.m. on Friday on the third floor of the complex, then spread to the fourth and fifth floors.
On Friday, Michele Fitzsimmons became the New York City Fire Department's first female deputy chief. Fitzsimmons, a 24-year ...
One person was hurt in a fire in Forest Hills yesterday morning, Feb. 13. Firefighters said they received a call just before 5:30 a.m. reporting fire and smoke at 89-28 70 Ave. in Forest Hills, ...
Battalion Chief Michele Fitzsimmons — a 24-year veteran who joined the FDNY a few months before 9/11— was named Deputy Chief ...
A blaze that burned for over an hour in Crown Heights injured nine people, including three firefighters, according to the ...
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