Several Injured as Two Houses Burn in Brooklyn
Seven people were left with minor injures after a fire damaged two houses in Brooklyn, New York, in the early hours of April 21.
Footage taken by the New York Rescue Response Team shows the fire in a house on East 9th Street as it begins to spread next door.
WABC reported that the fire began at 4 am and was extinguished after one hour. Credit: New York Rescue Response Team via Storyful
Video transcript
- I need 147. [INAUDIBLE] if you're on the second floor, you don't see any fire on the third floor in the rear, careful.
- 10-4. 57's over there. We're on the first floor. 147 29.
- Holy cow.
[FIRE ALARMS]
- 2E2, go ahead for water.
[RADIO CHATTER]
- Says it'll be to the line on the two-side side out.
- How far there away do you guys get in?
[RADIO CHATTER]
- We see smoke from the inside. We pretty much have just got that room done. Step back.
There's two houses. In the rear. 147 calling to command, we need a line in here. Reaching ability from both the second and third floor.
[RADIO CHATTER]
[ALARMS SOUND]
- We're going to be sending 31.
- 147K to 147LZ. Dave, you got the lines out the window. Any supply there in the alleyway. Are we making any headway?
- 10-4 the alley looks good, but there's a lot of fire in the rim. You have to use a line in the rim. Is the lead on 1 or 2?
[ALARMS SOUNDING]
- Buddy, kicking ass.
[HOSES HISSING]
[RADIO CHATTER]
- Inside of Brooklyn, nearer the other avenue entrance, they're attending to those.
[RADIO CHATTER]
- Are we 707? As far as division?
[RADIO CHATTER]
- All right, 10-4, all right.
[RADIO CHATTER]
- 147, how we looking there, at getting a line up in 57 was up there?
[RADIO CHATTER]
- I've got a fire on the first and second floor. Now I'm going on on the top floor. hole in the floor. I'm sure there's a copy on the line, that I've got the fire on the second floor. I'm heading All right what I want
[BREAKING GLASS]
- 33 to command.
- Go ahead, 33. There's a short battle over the top of the house.
[BREAKING GLASS]
- Told you about the floor. On the second floor, there's a small fire. There's another larger panel right behind that, that is not on fire yet.
- Car 1-1.
- Car 1-1, there's fire, to help them along.
- 10-4.
- 4-1 to command.
[RADIO CHATTER]
- All right. Somebody call 4-8. 10-4. In process. We're in the cellar of the ground floor. We just cut the utilities. In the front, second-story window it's over and I'm checking that out.
[RADIO CHATTER]
- What size is that to go you're messaging, to 3-3 in the rear?
- 157. We have water on the top floor of the original fire building. Fire is knocked out.
- 3-3 to command.
- Command, 3-3?
- Building we have water, and the fire is knocked down.
[RADIO CHATTER]
- Command to 3-3. 3-3, go ahead.
