A grocery store that a Bronx community depends on went up in flames Thursday evening. alecia__reid spoke with neighbors.
"We quickly put tower ladders into operation and had hand lines in all of the exposed buildings and we prevented that from happening," FDNY Chief of Department John Hodgens said.
Hodgens says firefighters had to continue working from outside. The blaze spread so quickly, families from nearby buildings had to evacuate. "The floor was literally hot, and we couldn't breathe in our bedrooms. Eventually, the firefighters came and knocked on our door, telling us, 'It's no longer safe, you have to come out,' and they were already on the roof," one neighbor said.
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