US EditionAt Least 2 Dead, 11 Injured in 5-Alarm Building Fire in Belmont Section of the Bronx
More than 230 firefighters and EMS workers responded as officials investigated the cause of the blaze.
- On Tuesday, the FDNY battled a five-alarm fire at a five-story mixed-use building at 660 East 187th Street in the Bronx, killing two people and injuring 11 others, including five firefighters.
- More than 270 fire and EMS personnel responded to the blaze in the 100-year-old non-fireproof structure, forcing crews to switch from interior to exterior operations due to heavy fire and building conditions.
- Deputy Assistant Chief Stacy Scanlon said two people died, two others were seriously injured, and nine sustained minor injuries; ladder companies rescued residents from windows and fire escapes.
- The American Red Cross has registered 77 people from 23 households for emergency assistance, including temporary lodging, as neighbors described witnessing distraught tenants fleeing the smoke-filled building.
- Fire officials are investigating the cause, which remains unknown, while Chief of Fire Operations Kevin Woods warned the heavily damaged building faces a risk of further collapse.
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Firefighters save disabled woman from burning Bronx apartment
BELMONT, THE BRONX (PIX11) -- A disabled Bronx woman is thanking the firefighters who saved her from her second-story apartment during a 5-alarm fire Tuesday at 660 East 187th Street in Belmont. Monisa Douglas tells PIX 11 News that flames and smoke were coming under her apartment door, so she and her 18-year-old daughter had [...]
2 dead and 11 injured after enormous blaze tears through, partially collapses NYC apartment building: ‘Heavy, heavy damage’
Over 270 firefighters and EMS workers rushed to the 5-story, mixed-use building on East 187th Street between Belmont and Cambreleng avenues just after 1:30 p.m. over reports of fire and smoke, the FDNY said.
2 killed, 11 injured in Bronx apartment building fire
Two people were killed and 11 others, including five firefighters, were injured when a fire tore through a five-story apartment building in the Bronx, according to FDNY officials. Firefighters rescued residents from windows and fire escapes. The fire was reported at 1:32 p.m. on Tuesday at 660 East 187th Street, where officials said the building had stores on the first floor, two apartments behind the commercial space and six apartments on each …
2 Killed, 11 Injured in Bronx Apartment Fire; Partial Roof Collapse Reported
NEW YORK (VINnews) — A fast-moving fire in a Bronx apartment building left at least two people dead and more than a dozen injured Tuesday, officials said. The fire began early in the afternoon in a five-story residential building in the Belmont neighborhood and spread beyond the initial apartment to other parts of the structure. […]
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