Firefighters rescued five civilians from a burning Brooklyn building just after midnight on Sunday.
The blaze broke out at 28 MacDonough Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant at around 12:05 a.m. on Sept. 24. Shortly after, units with Engine Company 235, Engine Company 214 and Tower Ladder 111 arrived to find heavy fire showing from a top floor apartment of the attached four-story building.
At 12:15 a.m., officials transmitted a second alarm for additional resources as the fire quickly spread to the building’s cockloft and firefighters worked to remove trapped residents. A third alarm was transmitted at 12:19 a.m. as smoke eaters kept working to tame the blaze. Of the residents rescued, FDNY paramedics rushed three to Kings County Hospital, Brooklyn Hospital and Woodhull Hospital in serious but stable condition.“The units went right to work doing what their training allows them to do in saving lives and property,” said FDNY Deputy Assistant Chief Brian Cordasco. “I applaud them and the chiefs getting units into position quickly.”“The smoke was thick, we couldn’t breathe on the third floor as firefighters came to get us,” said Pam Graves.
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