At least one person died Monday after a fire consumed an apartment on the top floor of a Brooklyn apartment building that sent two people falling from the sixth floor down to the ground below.
At least one person died Monday after a fire consumed an apartment on the top floor of a Brooklyn apartment building that sent two people leaping from the sixth floor down to the ground below.
FDNY officials confirmed the fatality hours after getting control of the Flatbush fire on Rockaway Parkway. The department initially reported injuries to four people, three of whom had serious injuries. The fourth was able to walk away.Upon arrival around 2 p.m., first responders found two people outside who had jumped to get to safety. Witnesses to the commotion said they were a couple of loud explosions coming from the building.
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