The three-alarm fire broke out Saturday morning on the 20th floor of a midtown Manhattan high-rise, the FDNY said.
A woman is rescued by NYFD firemen in an image taken from video posted to Twitter, after a fire in a Midtown Manhattan high-rise trapped residents in the morning of Nov.5, 2022, leaving severalpeople injured, according to the FDNY.Dozens of people were injured in a fire at a residential building in New York City on Saturday morning, authorities said.
Thirty-eight people were hospitalized due to the fire, including two critically due to smoke inhalation, officials said. Five were in serious condition and the rest were minor injuries, according to FDNY Commissioner Laura Kavanagh."There's likely to be an increase in the number of patients as more and more families come down and are evaluated by EMS," EMS Academy Chief Joseph Pataky told reporters.
Two people were rescued from the apartment where the fire originated via life-saving rope, according to FDNY Deputy Assistant Chief Frank Leeb. "The lithium-ion battery adds a different degree when we talk about the fire dynamics of it," Leeb said. "These rooms flash over in just a mere matter of seconds."
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