‘I thought my windows were going to burst’ tenant recalls FDNY heroics in early a.m. fire
Updated Dec 28, 2020;
Posted Dec 27, 2020
A tenant at the South Beach Houses said she watched city firefighters pull a woman and her baby from the fifth floor of the building, as flames engulfed the staircase. (Submitted)
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. A fire early Sunday morning at the South Beach Houses apartment complex could’ve been a lot worse, according to a woman who lives in the building.
“I ran out of screaming, ‘there’s a 2-month-old baby on the fifth floor!’” said the 34-year-old tenant, who asked her name not be published.
FDNY responds to flames inside South Beach apartment building
Updated Dec 27, 2020;
Posted Dec 27, 2020
Windows on several floors of an apartment building at 555 McClean Ave. in South Beach were boarded up Sunday, hours after firefighters responded to a blaze that reportedly originated inside a first floor hallway. (Staten Island Advance/Kyle Lawson)
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. A fire overnight inside an apartment building at the South Beach Houses prompted a large emergency response, and left three civilians injured, according to authorities.
The incident was reported at about 1:20 a.m. at 555 McClean Avenue in South Beach, inside a 6-story, New York City Housing Authority building, an FDNY spokesman said.