In the afternoon on the 12th floor of a residential building, located on Montgomery street in crown heights in Brooklyn, there was a fire. The corridors in the house was heavily littered with debris, which seriously hampered the work of firefighters.
Fire at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn. 220 Montgomery st. 🙁 two people taken out on stretchers. #fire #brooklyn #crownheights #220montgomery pic.twitter.com/rSX8j64s3e
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The call, firefighters received about 13:00, and then immediately arrived at Montgomery 220, where multi-storey residential building Ebbetts Field. The apartment on the 12th floor and smoke poured and it was visible to a naked flame.
Fire at 220 Montgomery St In Brooklyn. Ebbets Field Apartments . #ebbetsfield #fire #fdny @NY1 @PaulaVasan @NYCityAlerts @NYCMayor @BPEricAdams @newyorklivetv @NotifyNYC @BrooklynPatch @brooklynpaper pic.twitter.com/tW4LJU53ug
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The causes of the fire are being investigated. No one died, but many have a lot of smoke and toxic products of combustion. All victims are considered to be 4 persons. Firefighters said the indignation of the behavior of residents.
«The residents were trying to walk through corridors, despite our instructions to «shelter in place». One woman was found hiding in a closet for seals of the 11th floor after it was blocked by dense smoke filled the hallway and stairwell» — their words Brooklyn Eagle.
Assistant chief of the Brooklyn city district Wayne Cartwright also complained that the corridors are cluttered with debris, which posed a danger for both occupants and firefighters.
Fire at 220 Montgomery St In Brooklyn. Ebbets Field. #ebbetsfield #fire #fdny @NY1 @PaulaVasan @NYCityAlerts @NYCMayor @BPEricAdams @newyorklivetv @NotifyNYC @BrooklynPatch @brooklynpaper pic.twitter.com/oQe3EAx1e8
— shantelmoses (@shantelmoses) December 26, 2018
