Crime & Safety
Three Hurt In Brooklyn Blaze, FDNY Says
A firefighter and two others were hurt in a second-alarm fire in East New York Tuesday morning, said the FDNY.
BROOKLYN, NEW YORK — Three people were hurt in a massive blaze in a Brooklyn home early Tuesday morning, the FDNY said.
The second alarm fire erupted on the first floor of the two-story house on Belmont Avenue and Chestnut Street in East New York about 3:20 a.m., said the FDNY.
Two people were seriously hurt in the fire and sent to Brookdale Hospital, the FDNY said.
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A firefighter, who suffered non life-threatening injuries, was taken to Cornell Medical Center
Firefighters had the blaze under control shortly after 4:30 a.m., according to the FDNY.
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