A fire left one person injured and 25 migrants displaced following a fire in Brooklyn on Tuesday morning.
At just after 8:35 a.m. on Feb. 13, firefighters from Engine Company 255 and Tower Ladder 157 arrived to fire heavy fire blowing out the third-floor window of a mixed-use building at 1447 Flatbush Avenue during New York City’s first significant snowfall in two years.
Fire Department personnel deployed two hose lines to knock down the main body of the fire. Most of the residents that were displaced were French-speaking migrants, many of whom were seen outside wrapped in blankets to stay warm amid near-freezing cold.
The Fire Department placed the fire under control at 9:09 a.m. The cause and origin of the blaze is under investigation of the FDNY Fire Marshals Unit.
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