Massive fire in Brooklyn: burned houses and cars, 5 employees of the FDNY suffered a

Monday, July 9, in Brooklyn occurred emergency. At about 14.00 local time, in the area of the intersection of 57th Street and 8th Avenue collapsed power line. The ensuing fire engulfed several houses, and in time extinguishing it 5 FDNY employees received injuries of varying severity. They were immediately admitted to the hospital.

The stories of the witnesses, it all happened pretty quickly. Nobody really understood why struck the power line, but it instantly triggered a fire. First thing I did was fire the car, which had fallen wires. The flames spread quickly, and soon the fire spread to nearby buildings. When on a scene there arrived firefighters, already burned several cars and 4 houses.

Massive fire in Brooklyn: burned houses and cars, 5 employees of the FDNY suffered a

During firefighting injured 5 employees of the FDNY. Photo: Twitter

In total the call was responded to 130 personnel of the FDNY and EMS. They urgently began to evacuate people from the danger zone and engaged in fire localization. Employees of the electricity company Con Edison has isolated the damaged section of the network, which covered more than 100 clients.

During firefighting injured 5 employees of the FDNY. It is precisely known that at least one of them seriously injured , and now doctors are trying to stabilise his condition. Four other firefighters received injuries of different degrees and was also hospitalized in medical institution.

Now on a scene investigators work the FDNY and the police. They need to find out the cause of the fire responsible for the incident of PE could be punished.

Recall, we recently reported that authorities in Oklahoma arrested an illegal immigrant, who is considered guilty of arson. Because his actions occurred on a large-scale firethat engulfed an area of 15 thousand hectares.

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