THANK U to our heroes!!!! #FDNY /sLwqJOPGru Trying to escape smoke, she slipped, hanging 15-20 stories up. Woman rescued by #NYBRAVEST #FDNY in devastating apt fire. #FDNY in my ENTIRE life I have never seen anything more #HEROIC than what I just witnessed from #NYC apt. The FDNY advised that owners of micro-mobility devices that employ lithium-ion batteries, which have caused almost 200 fires in the city this year, should take precautions like not leaving the devices charging.

Ms Kavanaugh said that the fire was under control within an hour. “I cannot emphasize enough the extraordinary work of our members this morning in unbelievably dangerous conditions.” “Fire EMS and dispatch did an extraordinary job rescuing a number of civilians,” Ms Kavanagh said during a press briefing, per CBS. Ms Kavanaugh commended responding firefighters for their efforts Two victims suffered severe smoke inhalation and five others were in serious condition, CBS reported.įDNY Commissioner Laura Kavanagh said that the fire appeared to stem from an explosion caused by an e-bike’s lithium battery. Thirty-eight people were injured in the blaze, including five firefighters. “I just remember that it was horrible and I feel awful. “I don’t remember much,” Ms Foti told the Daily News on Sunday while she recovered at Weill Cornell Medical Center. Officials told the Daily News that Ms Foti hung from the window for at least five minutes until firefighters were able to carry the high-rise rescue.Īt least sixteen people were rescued by firefighters who heroically climbed onto ropes and saved residents. In the minute-long video, Ms Foti, whose apartment quickly became filled with smoke, is seen clinging onto her windowsill. Heartstopping footage of the rescue was captured by bystander Patti Ryan.

One of the firefighters saved the life of 20th-floor resident Christina Foti, who was sleeping when the blaze erupted. Firefighters were immediately dispatched to the scene and found themselves performing what has been described by FDNY chiefs as two “high-risk, last resort effort” rope rescues. The three-alarm fire broke out around 10.30am on Saturday at a building on 429 East and 52nd Street in Manhattan. A woman who was filmed dangling 20-stories above the ground during a blaze at a New York City high-rise has recounted her heroic rescue by firefighters.

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