A malfunctioning wire triggered the five-alarm fire that struck a Hamilton Heights apartment building on Saturday morning, injuring nine people — including two firefighters — injured.
Dozens of tenants at 617 West 141st St. were also displaced as a result of the massive inferno, which broke out on the sixth-floor at about 1:40 a.m. on Dec. 3. City officials and agencies worked quickly to house the displaced residents.reported that the entire inferno was “accidental,” and triggered by electrical wiring in the ceiling on the building’s top floor.
“We found fire on the top floor, which is the sixth floor, that was already pretty advanced,” said FDNY Chief of Department John Hodgens. “The fire quickly extended into the space above the ceiling and the roof which we call the cockloft. The fire rapidly spread throughout the building eventually leading to a fifth alarm.
Seven residents and two firefighters suffered minor injuries and were treated, according to Hodgens. The fire was finally brought under control at about 6:03 a.m. Saturday, according to the Fire Department.City Council Member Shaun Abreu took to Twitter Saturday evening to praise the Emergency Management Department’s commissioner, Zach Iscol, “for working around the clock, making sure no one is left behind.
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