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A BLAZE IN BROOKLYN
By: wolfie Date: February 20, 2011, 5:42 am
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20 firefighters hurt battling Brooklyn blaze
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NEW YORK (AP) — Strong winds have meant several hours of work
for hundreds of New York City firefighters trying to extinguish
a fire that ripped through a six-story apartment building.
By Paul Martinka, AP
Firefighters stand on the fire escape as winds whip the flames
from a five-alarm fire in the Brooklyn borough of New York late
Saturday.
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By Paul Martinka, AP
Firefighters stand on the fire escape as winds whip the flames
from a five-alarm fire in the Brooklyn borough of New York late
Saturday.
A fire department spokesman says at least 20 firefighters have
been injured while battling Saturday's blaze in Brooklyn. None
of the injuries are life-threatening. Four civilians also
suffered minor injuries.
The spokesman says strong winds have complicated firefighters'
efforts at the building on East 29th Street, but they're making
progress toward getting it under control as of early Sunday
morning.
The five-alarm fire was called in at about 6:40 p.m. Over 200
firefighters were called to the scene.
The building has about 70 apartments. The spokesman says a
shelter for displaced residents has been set up at a nearby
school.
****ADDENDUM TO STORY****
Woman's Body Found In Wake Of Massive Brooklyn Fire
By: Tara Lynn Wagner
The city Medical Examiner is working to determine a cause of
death, after a woman's body was found in the ashes of a massive,
wind fueled fire Saturday in Brooklyn.
The five-alarm fire began around 6:30 p.m. inside an apartment
building located at 346 East 29th Street in Flatbush.
The fire was brought under control around 2 a.m.
Officials say the woman, identified as Mary Feagin, 62, was
found on the seventh floor hours after the fire.
Nearly 200 firefighters responded to the scene.
Officials say crews battled the fire from the outside because
conditions were just too intense on the inside.
"Conditions changed rapidly. The fire intensified, the windows
failed. Due to the heavy wind, it blew the fire in, on the
members on the upper floors...a blowtorch effect. It actually
chased them down the hallway," said New York City Fire
Department Deputy Chief Stephen Moro.
The victim was described by residents as a wonderful neighbor
who had lived in the building for roughly 30 years.
"She cared for everybody in the apartment, in the building. She
cared for everybody in the building, for everybody's well-being.
She was just a wonderful, wonderful woman," said one tenant.
"We did the best we could to get to everybody and she was in an
area that was impossible to get to at that time because we
couldn't get past the fourth, fifth floor," Moro said.
As of Sunday morning nearby tree limbs and sidewalks were still
covered in ice from water used to fight the fire, making for
slippery conditions as firefighters continued to put out small
pockets of fire inside the building.
Fire officials say 60 firefighters were treated for injuries
along with 11 building residents.
Tenants were allowed inside in small groups Sunday to retrieve
clothing, medication and pets.
"Everything. My bed is soaked. My daughter's room is...I really
don't know what to say," said one tenant.
"It's a mess a total mess," said another.
"Some apartment is completely destroyed. Some apartment is wet.
Some apartment you see the roof collapsed. Some of them is a lot
of water coming down," said a third.
The Red Cross was providing shelter for about 60 displaced
residents as the investigation into the fire continues.
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Re: A BLAZE IN BROOKLYN.......THE CAUSE FINALLY FOUND OUT
By: wolfie Date: February 27, 2011, 12:24 am
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Voodoo ritual, sex gone awry caused fatal NYC fire
Instead of calling 911, the man first tried to put out the fire
himself using water from a bathroom sink
By Colleen Long
The Associated Press
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NEW YORK — Candles ringing a bed in a voodoo ceremony that
included sex ignited sheets and clothing strewn nearby and
caused a fatal apartment fire last weekend, a city official said
Friday.
The blaze started around 6:40 p.m. Sunday, when a woman visited
a fourth-floor apartment in Brooklyn and paid a man $300 to
perform a mystical ceremony that would bring her good luck,
according to fire marshals with the Fire Department of New York.
The man was known in the neighborhood as a priest, and the two
were either having sex, or had sex when the fire started from
the candles on the floor, though it's not clear if it was part
of the ceremony, said the official, who had direct knowledge of
the case but spoke to The Associated Press on condition of
anonymity because the investigation was ongoing.
Instead of calling 911, the man first tried to put out the fire
himself using water from a bathroom sink. As smoke began to
gather, one of the other apartment occupants opened a window and
propped the hall door open in an attempt to dissipate the plume.
But instead, wind gusts shot the flames back inside, creating "a
blowtorch effect" that pushed the fire into the hallway, the
FDNY said.
The occupants fled as the flames spread. Several 911 calls were
made, but it's not clear if the man also phoned. The blaze
engulfed the fourth, fifth and sixth floors, causing the floor
and part of the roof to collapse. It took nearly 200
firefighters about seven hours to bring the five-alarm blaze
under control.
One resident, 64-year-old Mary Feagin, was found dead. Her cause
of death has not yet been determined and was pending further
study, the medical examiner's office said Friday.
Eleven residents and 20 firefighters were injured, and nearly 50
families were left without a home.
The FDNY is also reviewing a dispatching error that delayed
getting water on the fire. One of the engines that had been sent
to the fire was already at another emergency. The Uniformed
Firefighters Association blamed the delay on recent firefighter
staff reductions, though Mayor Michael Bloomberg said it had
nothing to do with staffing.
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redistributed.
Voodoo is religion, practiced primarily in Haiti and parts of
Africa. It's not believed the ceremony that led to the blaze was
an official rite, but rather a homegrown practice.
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