NEW YORK — Six individuals died in a fireplace that barreled by a two-story residence in New York early Thursday and 7 others had been injured, together with three firefighters, town’s hearth division stated.
Heavy hearth was reported within the row body constructing at 1:40 a.m. in Brooklyn. Greater than 200 first responders reported to the hearth within the borough’s Sundown Park neighborhood. It was introduced underneath management in about 3 hours.
4 individuals died on the scene, the hearth division stated in a press release. Two individuals with important accidents had been taken to a hospital, the place they had been later pronounced useless. 4 individuals suffered non-life-threatening accidents.
Three firefighters suffered minor accidents as properly, the division stated.
No names or ages of the victims have been launched.
Hearth marshals had been investigating. A lithium-ion battery was discovered on the scene, nevertheless it was unknown if it was associated to the reason for the hearth, the division stated.
