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Six hurt in Bronx high-rise fire
A second-alarm blaze tore up from the second floor of a Crotona Park East apartment building, sending four residents to the hospital.
In brief
A second-alarm blaze tore up from the second floor of a Crotona Park East apartment building, sending four residents to the hospital. A fire that started on one floor of a six-story Bronx building climbed to the floors above, injuring six people and pulling more than 140 responders to the scene. Originally reported by…
Fire breaks out in the Bronx
Just after 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, a fire started at a six-story apartment building at 1773 Vyse Ave. in Crotona Park East.
It climbed the building
The blaze began on the second floor and went to second alarm as it spread upward into the floors above.
“The second-alarm fire started on the second floor of a six-story apartment building”
Six people hurt
Four civilians were injured, two of them seriously. Two firefighters suffered minor injuries.
Four taken to hospital
EMS transported the four injured residents to St. Barnabas Hospital.
A massive response
More than 45 units and over 140 fire and EMS personnel worked the scene, with smoke pouring from several windows as NewsCopter 7 flew overhead.
Knocked down, not out
The main body of fire was knocked down but the blaze was not yet under control. The cause is still under investigation.
“The cause is under investigation.”
The one thing
A fire that started on one floor of a six-story Bronx building climbed to the floors above, injuring six people and pulling more than 140 responders to the scene.
