Man found dead, 16 others injured in massive E. 93rd street fire, NYPD says
- 8 years ago
One man was killed and 12 people were injured in a fire that overtook three Upper East Side apartment buildings and sent flames shooting 20 feet into the air on Thursday morning, officials said.
The FDNY says the six-alarm fire broke out around 3:30 a.m. at an apartment building located at 324 East 93rd Street in Yorkville.
At one point during the blaze, a firefighter repelled off the roof to rescue an 81-year-old man trapped on the third floor, officials said. "
[They] grabbed the victim from the window as fire and everything was pushing out behind them and then lowered him to the ground to safety," said FDNY spokesman Jim Long.
The FDNY says the six-alarm fire broke out around 3:30 a.m. at an apartment building located at 324 East 93rd Street in Yorkville.
At one point during the blaze, a firefighter repelled off the roof to rescue an 81-year-old man trapped on the third floor, officials said. "
[They] grabbed the victim from the window as fire and everything was pushing out behind them and then lowered him to the ground to safety," said FDNY spokesman Jim Long.