A Thanksgiving Day electrical hearth that began in a manhole on a Brooklyn road shortly engulfed a automobile parked above it — then induced flames to erupt in a fourth-floor residence in a close-by constructing, FDNY officers stated Thursday.
The 2-alarm blaze started in a manhole on Remsen St. close to Hicks St. in Brooklyn Heights round midday and consumed a silver Subaru SUV parked close by, FDNY Deputy Chief Stephen Corcoran stated.
“We were in the process of suppressing the flames beneath the car and also checking the surrounding properties for carbon monoxide or any extension into the buildings,” stated Corcoran on the scene. “At that point fire broke out on the fourth floor of [a] building.”
A silver Subaru SUV parked exterior of 73 Remsen St. caught on hearth and burned to a crisp in Brooklyn on Thursday Nov. 28, 2024. A fourth-floor residence throughout the road at 76 Remsen St. then burst into flames a couple of minutes later. (Theodore Parisienne for New York Each day Information)
The FDNY stated 25 items responded to the 12:05 p.m. hearth, with 106 hearth and EMS personnel on scene. No accidents had been reported.
Three hours later, operations had been nonetheless ongoing, and a trigger for the preliminary electrical hearth had but to be decided.
“The cause of the fire in the building, which we’re assuming is correlated to the electrical fire in the street, is still under investigation,” stated Corcoran.
Residents and pets run from hearth at 76 Remsen St. in Brooklyn on Thursday Nov. 28, 2024. (Theodore Parisienne for New York Each day Information)
Electrical fires are particularly troublesome to place out, stated Corcoran, and firefighters needed to look ahead to Con Edison to reach and shut off energy to the constructing.
Intensive hearth harm occurred within the fourth-floor unit, and occupants weren’t in a position to return Thursday.
Firefighters reply to a blaze at 76 Remsen St. (Theodore Parisienne for New York Each day Information)
Three buildings had been evacuated, one as a result of hearth and two as a result of excessive quantities of carbon monoxide had been detected.
“We are going to remain on the scene until those carbon monoxide levels are reduced to zero,” stated Corcoran, including that after the degrees had been secure residents might return to the buildings undamaged by the blaze.
Whereas the hearth ruined Thanksgiving plans for dozens of residents, at the very least one household compelled to evacuate had one thing to be thankful for.
“It’s an extremely distressing situation but especially on a holiday like Thanksgiving,” stated Corcoran. “We were able to go in and save their Thanksgiving dinner and pack up their food for them and give it them so they could take it to a relative’s house and enjoy it there.”
Initially Printed: November 28, 2024 at 6:14 PM EST
