Two children, including an infant, are in critical condition after a fire broke out in their Brooklyn apartment building Wednesday morning.
NEW YORK â The fire started around 6:15 a.m. in a first-floor apartment in the building on Bay 19th Street between Benson Avenue and 86th Street. Fire officials say the occupants ran out and left the door open, causing the fire to spread.'If you leave the fire door open, that causes all sorts of problems. Not only for the apartment directly involved, but for your neighbors,' FDNY Deputy Assistant Chief Joseph Duggan said.
'You couldn't see anything. It was like black, everything was black,' he said.He said the fire alarm in his apartment woke him up, and he opened the door to see what was going on.'When I open it, believe me it was terrible. Cannot see anything. Shouting, people crying,' he said.Ali, along with his wife and three children, escaped out the window and down the fire escape.'Thank God we're safe, but still I'm just praying for my friend's kids,' Ali said.
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