Eight firefighters are in recovery after responding to a
massive three-alarm fire in the Bronx on Tuesday.
The fire broke out on Coster
Street on the sixth floor of an apartment building around noon.
The fire department tells News 12
that the fire started in apartment 5C and spread to two
other apartments in the B wing.
No civilian injuries have been
reported at this time, according to the FDNY.
News 12
obtained exclusive footage of a young boy being lowered to the ground from a
fire escape. Sources say he did not live in the building and was visiting a
friend’s house after day care.
Deputy Assistant Chief Kevin
Brennan tells News 12 that eight firefighters were taken to the hospital--two
with minor burn injuries and six with injuries due to heat exhaustion.
He says three apartments in the
building are destroyed by the fire and that up to 20 units are affected by
water and smoke damage.
The residents of the damaged units
will be provided with housing at the Webster Hotel by the American Red
Cross.
The fire is under control,
according to the FDNY and the eight
firefighters are now in stable condition. The cause of the fire is still
under investigation