Bronx council member: 3 firefighters injured, 1 critically, in Kingsbridge Heights fire; EMS worker also hurt
The fire is at Devoe Terrace and West 190th Street, according to Notify NYC.
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4ds agoUPDATE AT 10:48 p.m.: Bronx Council Member Pierina Sanchez provided an update to News 12's Tim Harfmann about the fire in Kingsbridge Heights.
Sanchez said four people were injured, which included three firefighters, one of which was in critical condition as of Sunday night. The fourth person who was injured is an EMS worker.
Sanchez explained the fire impacted three single-family homes. She said officials had identified about a dozen impacted people as of Sunday night that were in the three homes.
She added that EMS were evaluating some of the impacted residents and some others were taken to the hospital.
Sanchez added that the American Red Cross was speaking with other impacted residents on how to help them. Original story below.
Several families are without a home Sunday night after a five-alarm fire in Kingsbridge Heights.
The FDNY said the fire started shortly before 7:30 p.m. on the first floor of one of the homes on Devoe Terrace and West 190th Street.
A News 12 crew witnessed at least three residential homes up in flames and dozens of first responders on scene.
NYPD helicopters and drones flew above, as heavy smoke filled the street below.
Jose Martinez, a neighbor across the street, said he was in his backyard when he heard someone screaming.
“Someone saying, ‘Fire! Fire!,’" Martinez said. “When we came out, everything was already on fire, big fire. It looked like a movie.”
A cause of the fire was known as of Sunday night.
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