FF's Were Outside the Collapse Zone
AT LEAST TWO FIREFIGHTERS were injured Saturday morning at a fire in Brooklyn, New York.
The fire was dispatched at 4:30 am for a fire in a mostly-vacant building that is undergoing renovation. The only occupancy in the 4-story building is a corner deli and a laundromat on the ground floor. When the FD arrived they found the building fully involved and threatening adjoining buildings that are all occupied.
WABC-TV
The primary action was to set up containment operations and get all the people out of the neighboring buildings. The structural integrity of the fire building was seriously threatened and a collapse zone was established for the equipment and firefighters. About two hours into the operation the top two floors collapsed sending part of the front wall out into the street. One of the bricks flew a greater distance and struck a firefighter in the face causing a serious injury.
This video report from WABC-TV captures the injured man being tended to by other firefighters just after he tripped over a curbstone while fleeing the debris:
The fire was marked under control at 7:30 am, but units remained on the scene longer for the hot spots. Investigation has already begun into the cause of the fire.
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