67-year-old man killed, 3 others, including toddler, critically injured in Brooklyn apartment fire
NY Post
One person is dead and another three, including a toddler, are in critical condition after a fire ripped through part of a public housing building in Brooklyn Sunday afternoon, officials said.
Firefighters pulled the four unconscious victims from their first-floor unit at the Gowanus Houses around 4 p.m., the FDNY said.
All of the victims were in cardiac arrest when they were found trapped inside the same unit in the New York City Housing Authority building in Boerum Hill.
The fatal victim, a 67-year-old man, was pronounced dead at the hospital, police said. The other victims were a 2-year-old boy, a 51-year-old woman and a 60-year-old man, according to the NYPD.
“It appears they were trying to make their way out when they were overcome,” FDNY Deputy Chief Joseph Duggan during a news briefing at the scene.
About 60 firefighters got the blaze under control in about 30 minutes, the FDNY said.
