Fire

This is from WABC:
Four people were killed and others critically injured when a third-alarm fire tore through an apartment building in the Prospect Heights section of Brooklyn, just blocks away from another fire.

Medical officials say the victims died of serious burns, and some leaped to their deaths, from the blazing four-story apartment building at 1033 Pacific Street.
The fire is believed to have started in a hallway of the first floor and spread through the entire building. Heavy flames tore through the four-story building and out the roof.

Eyewitness News has learned four people were pronounced dead at the scene. Some of them had jumped from the window to escape the flames. Two others were seriously injured in the flames, one critically. Several children were injured when they were thrown out a window.


Meanwhile, another fire burned several blocks away burned through a similar four-story apartment building. Fire shot through the roof of that building. No injuries were immediately reported.

horrible.

ch 7 updated that article -

25 residents were left homeless by the blaze.

The Fire Department was investigating the cause of the blaze, which it considered suspicious.

Meanwhile, another fire burned several blocks away burned through a similar four-story apartment building. Fire shot through the roof of that building. No injuries were immediately reported.

"There have been a series of fires that appear at this time to have some similarity, however, we have not made the connection with that," Assistant Fire Chief Howard Hill said.

Pacific Street was closed to traffic between Classon and Franklin avenues, and Classon Avenue was closed between Dean Street and Atlantic Avenue.

last weekend there was a pair of fires just a bit further down the road

Feb 20, 2006

BROOKLYN: TWO BUILDINGS DAMAGED IN SEPARATE FIRES Firefighters endured frigid temperatures and wind while extinguishing separate fires that damaged two apartment buildings in Brooklyn late Saturday and early yesterday, the Fire Department said. The first fire, at a six-story brick apartment building at 1710 Carroll Street near Utica Avenue, was reported about 9:30 p.m. Saturday. Four firefighters and one resident were treated for minor injuries and the fire was declared under control at 10:51 p.m., said Firefighter Brian Conlon, a department spokesman. The second fire, in a four-story apartment building at 1440 Pacific Street, was reported at 4:41 a.m. yesterday. Firefighters rescued about 20 residents from the fire, Firefighter Conlon said, adding that seven firefighters and two residents suffered minor injuries. No cause was established in either fire, he said. (NYT)

we have this thread:

http://dailyheights.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2484

and earlier, this thread:

http://dailyheights.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2222&highlight=fire

lotsa fires.

Anyone happen to know the cross streets? I'm between Dean and Pacific and I want to know if this fire was near me. I'm surprised I didn't hear the sirens....


Yikes.

PHeightsGirl wrote: Anyone happen to know the cross streets? I'm between Dean and Pacific and I want to know if this fire was near me. I'm surprised I didn't hear the sirens....


Yikes.

It's between Classon and Grand - the heliocopters woke us up around 5am

It really is sad - Brandon and I are really worried that some of the children were from his school. I have been calling another parent to see if she knows but have not been able to find out anything.

Kevin_on_Putnam wrote: [quote=EmilyM]I wondered what the sirens were about.

I wonder if there is any way we could do a collection of like household-type stuff for the people who lost their apartments, and somehow get it to them? One of my earliest school memories was bringing canned goods and a spatula to school in a collection of stuff for people who were burned out in the MOVE disaster.

One would hope the red cross responds to disasters like this - anyone know if this is so?

they did when the building by me went up in flames. I knew that the people were taken to a red cross location. But i never heard much beyond that.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/24/nyregion/24cnd-blaze.html

In addition to fire officials' description of the incident as "suspicious," neighbors said the area has been plagued by fires. "There have been fires up and down Pacific" and other nearby streets, said Michelle Pinckney, 27, who lives in the neighborhood.

Mr. Tulla said Ms. Williams landed in front of the door of his lower level apartment. He described her as "one of the most decent people in the building."

He added that a lot of nonresidents used the halls and stairwells for drinking and sex. He said when a security camera was installed, it was stolen and when the lock on the outside door was fixed, it was quickly broken. "The door to the building is never shut," he said.

it wasn't a private resident. it was the nypd. it was a crimestoppers van and they had a prerecorded message asking for tips and a $2000 reward for any tips leading to the arsonists.

i drove by today and it was a sad looking scene.

at some point, you have to wonder if the landlords are intentionally setting the fires to get rid of all the tenants so they can either a. collect insurance money or b. sell the building to a developer who can put up condos.

i noticed construction workers working on the condos on pacific close to washington. supreme builders or something.

If that's true, it once again gives lie to the "live and let live" mentality some folks seem to have toward drug dealers. If you see suspicious activity, report it. It's not just the dealing that's the problem, but everything that goes with it.

are we talking about last night (friday night)?heard the helicopters and could not get back to sleep... strange, but these helicopters seemed over st.johns last night so i just figured, you know.. "crazy lane" CH side of washington.

..or wait, was that thursday night?

Yeah, I have no idea if that rumor is true, but it wouldn't surprise me if it was, which is kinda sad itself.

And I was out walkin' the dog at 5:30-5:45, and the choppers were spread out over a pretty good distance- I could see two, but it sounded like there were more. One was hovering near Classon & Park or Sterling, the other was closer to the action, near Classon & St Marks or Bergen.

A bit more:

http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/394917p-334699c.html

Subject: re: red cross fire assistance

Earlier in this thread, someone asked if the American Red Cross offers assistance to fire victims. They do. You can call 212-787-1000 for more information. Or call 1-800-543-3638 ("LifeNet") -- or just 311.