4th Alarm - 7/17/08 - 2887 Newbold Avenue & Cross Bronx Expressway - Box # 2887

Fires

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While taking up from an an electrical emergency in Co-Op City, Squad 61 received a ticket at 01:18 hours for a fire in a multiple dwelling. Upon arrival companies were met with a 6 story non-fireproof occupied H-type multiple dwelling with fire out 4 windows on the top floor. Squad 61 operated with Squad 41 and other units on the top floor to extinguish the blaze on the top floor, which engulfed more than 6 apartments.

Article from New York 1 News:

Bronx Apartment Fire Leaves Dozens Homeless

Several people were injured, and many more left homeless, after an early-morning fire tore through an apartment building in the Bronx.Flames broke out around 2 o’clock this morning on the top floor of a six-story building in Parkchester.The heavy smoke and intense flames forced dozens of people from the building. Two young girls, a boy, and four firefighters were treated at Jacobi Medical Center for minor injuries.Department of Buildings inspectors are checking to see if the structure is safe before letting anyone back in.Residents said they are anxiously waiting for the all clear so they can see if their apartments have been damaged.”There’s a chance of me being homeless,” said one resident. “I don’t want to do that. I have a kid on the way; I have a son. There are no words to describe how I feel right now. It’s really, really hard to deal with this.”Fire sources say the fire was accidental, caused by an electrical problem.

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