One of the children injured in the fire, a 17-year-old girl, later died at the hospital.
One woman and one teen were killed in a Brooklyn fire officials have deemed as suspicious.Officials say it is believed that the stairwell in the apartment was intentionally set on fire."I had seen somebody laying face down and they were doing CPR. And there was another guy and it looked like his hands were burnt up really bad," a neighbor said.
Officials say three girls, ages 10, 14, and 17, and one 9-year-old boy were taken to Brookdale Hospital in critical condition. A man was also taken to a local hospital and is in stable condition.Authorities say firefighters battled heavy fire when they arrived at the three-story building, with flames shooting out of the second-floor windows.
"Very heavy fire at the front door, which extended up the staircase to the third floor and to the second floor apartment, and came out of those front windows," FDNY Deputy Assistant Chief Chuck Downey said.Officials say the victims appear to be family members. The landlord, who lives on the first floor, and some neighbors say the family lived on the second and third floors of the affected building.
A fire investigation quickly turned into a criminal investigation with arson investigators on scene. It's believed the fire was set to a stairwell. Officials say that firefighters arrived in about two minutes to fight the blaze, but a vehicle was blocking a nearby fire hydrant they needed access to.So far in 2023, 45 people have died in New York City fires, compared to 32 that died by this time in 2022.
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