Rescue at Bronx High-Rise Fire

Heavy clutter condition in 13th floor fire apartment

 

Great work by #FDNY #Ladder51 for rescuing an individual from a 14-story high rise fire at 1154 229 Dr. South in the Bronx. (Fire Department City of New York photo, Twitter @FDNY)

 

EDENWALD, Bronx (WABC) – A woman is in critical condition but is expected to survive thanks to heroic firefighters who pulled her from a burning apartment at a Bronx high-rise early Wednesday.

The flames broke out on the 13th floor of a 14-story building in the Edenwald Houses just before 3 a.m.

The FDNY says firefighters from Ladder 51 forced open the door to the fire apartment and were met with zero visibility, high heat and a heavy clutter condition. MORE

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Heavy clutter condition in 13th floor fire apartment     EDENWALD, Bronx (WABC) – A woman is in critical condition but is expected to survive thanks to heroic firefighters who pulled her from a burning apartment at a Bronx high-rise early Wednesday. The flames broke out on the 13th floor of a 14-story building in […]

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