By MES Dispatch staff
The Briefing
- Williamsburg, Brooklyn — A 42-year-old man jumped from a fourth-floor window to escape a kitchen fire late Tuesday morning; he suffered serious injuries but was conscious when transported. FireRescue1
- Fire broke out around 11:30 a.m. on Keap St. near Marcy Ave.; FDNY contained the blaze to the kitchen after an hour-long battle. FireRescue1
- Hatzolah medics took the victim to Bellevue Hospital. Cause under investigation by FDNY fire marshals. FireRescue1
- NYPD Bomb Squad checked items found on the third floor; they were inert workout equipment filled with sand, police said. FireRescue1
NEW YORK — A Brooklyn man was seriously hurt Tuesday after leaping from a fourth-floor window to flee a fast-growing kitchen fire inside a Williamsburg apartment, officials said. The blaze erupted around 11:30 a.m. on Keap Street near Marcy Avenue, trapping the 42-year-old in his top-floor unit as smoke and heat built rapidly. FireRescue1
FDNY units arriving at the scene began stretching lines and venting as the victim jumped before firefighters could position equipment, FDNY Deputy Chief Joe Duggan told reporters. Neighbors reported heavy smoke pouring from the front windows moments before the man fell to the sidewalk. He was conscious and talking as Hatzolah medics transported him to Bellevue Hospital with serious injuries. FireRescue1
Firefighters contained the fire to the kitchen after roughly an hour of operations. Later, NYPD Bomb Squad officers inspected suspicious items found on the third floor and determined they were homemade exercise weights filled with sand, not explosives. FDNY fire marshals are investigating the cause.