Feb. 23, 2023 Monroe Joint Fire District firefighters were initially driven back by heavy fire.
Source firehouse.com News
A house fire in Monroe, NY claimed the lives of a couple and little girl early Thursday.
“Without the fire being knocked down a little bit, you can’t make entry. We knocked it down pretty quick, within 15 minutes,” Jonathan Dolch of the Monroe Joint Fire District told CBS2 reporters.
Neighbors identified the family as Sarah and Kalman Goldstein and their daughter, Miriam.
Roxanna Lopez called 9-1-1 after hearing a loud boom. “It was only a little flame when it started, and then in a matter of seconds, by the time I got outside my house, it was already all over the porch. It was really bad.”
The family moved up from the city not long ago and was active with the Chabad of Orange County, neighbors told reporters.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.