2016-04-25 10:27:59 - Fire - USA | | | EDIS Code: | FR-20160425-53056-USA | | Date&Time: | 2016-04-25 10:27:59 [UTC] | | Continent: | North-America | | Country: | USA | | State/Prov.: | State of New York, | | Location: | Cypress Hills, Brooklyn, | | City: | New York City | | Number of injured people: 9
Not confirmed information! | |  | | Description: | | Nine people, including seven firefighters, were injured in a fast-moving six-alarm fire that ripped through a row of homes in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn Sunday night. The massive fire displaced more than a dozen people and also damaged a church. More than 200 firefighters responded after flames originally broke out just before 6:30 in a three-story residential home on 270 Arlington Avenue. The fire then spread to five houses and a nearby church. A large stained glass window at the Arlington Avenue Presbyterian Church, at 266 Arlington Avenue, sustained damage due to the fire. But firefighters stopped the flames from further damaging the church. "The story is we saved that church," Leonard said. The second and third floor of the building at 270 Arlington Avenue, where the fire is believed to have started, collapsed. Firefighters will search the building for possible other victims, but there are no reports of any people missing. Three buildings have been completely destroyed while two others are badly damaged. The initial 911 call came from the church when people inside smelled smoke. "I was in the hair salon, and they called me and told me my house was on fire. My blood pressure went up. All my family members got out. I olive on the top floor alone, and everything I had was destroyed," said one resident. Fire officials suspect the fire may have started in the garage behind the homes. Despite the devastation and loss, the families affected were left grateful that they did not olose each other. The exterior of the nearby church was damaged by fire, but because firefighters were able to extinguish it right away, the exterior was not damaged. All of the homes involved in the fire are wood-frame homes. The Red Cross is working to find housing for the displaced residents. Investigators believe the fire started in a garage behind one of the homes. The Department of Buildings has issued a vacate order for 268, 270, and 272 Arlington Avenue which are all private dwellings. DOB is in the process of tracking down the owners of those buildings. | | | | |  |  |
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