16-year-old in stable condition following fire inside Mott Haven NYCHA apartment
Carisma's father, Tyrone, says she was home alone with the cat and dog when smoke began to fill the apartment.
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A 16-year-old is in stable condition after being in a medically induced coma following a fire that broke out inside her NYCHA apartment Wednesday morning.
According to officials on the scene, the fire started in the living room just before 11:30 a.m.
Carisma Hayes' father, Tyrone, says she was home alone with the cat and dog when smoke began to fill the apartment.
Witnesses on the scene say the 16-year-old was yelling outside her window on the 12th floor for help.
She was rushed to the hospital, where her father says she was placed in a medically induced coma. She is now in stable condition.
