A Thanksgiving Day electrical fireplace that began in a manhole on a Brooklyn avenue shortly engulfed a automobile parked above it — then prompted flames to erupt in a fourth-floor condo in a close-by constructing, FDNY officers mentioned Thursday.
The 2-alarm blaze started in a manhole on Remsen St. close to Hicks St. in Brooklyn Heights round midday and consumed a silver Subaru SUV parked close by, FDNY Deputy Chief Stephen Corcoran mentioned.
“We were in the process of suppressing the flames beneath the car and also checking the surrounding properties for carbon monoxide or any extension into the buildings,” mentioned Corcoran on the scene. “At that point fire broke out on the fourth floor of [a] building.”
A silver Subaru SUV parked exterior of 73 Remsen St. caught on fireplace and burned to a crisp in Brooklyn on Thursday Nov. 28, 2024. A fourth-floor condo throughout the road at 76 Remsen St. then burst into flames a couple of minutes later. (Theodore Parisienne for New York Every day Information)
The FDNY mentioned 25 models responded to the 12:05 p.m. fireplace, with 106 fireplace and EMS personnel on scene. No accidents had been reported.
Three hours later, operations had been nonetheless ongoing, and a trigger for the preliminary electrical fireplace had but to be decided.
“The cause of the fire in the building, which we’re assuming is correlated to the electrical fire in the street, is still under investigation,” mentioned Corcoran.
Residents and pets run from fireplace at 76 Remsen St. in Brooklyn on Thursday Nov. 28, 2024. (Theodore Parisienne for New York Every day Information)
Electrical fires are particularly troublesome to place out, mentioned Corcoran, and firefighters needed to look ahead to Con Edison to reach and shut off energy to the constructing.
Intensive fireplace injury occurred within the fourth-floor unit, and occupants weren’t capable of return Thursday.
Firefighters reply to a blaze at 76 Remsen St. (Theodore Parisienne for New York Every day Information)
Three buildings had been evacuated, one because of the fireplace and two as a result of excessive quantities of carbon monoxide had been detected.
“We are going to remain on the scene until those carbon monoxide levels are reduced to zero,” mentioned Corcoran, including that when the degrees had been protected residents might return to the buildings undamaged by the blaze.
Whereas the fireplace ruined Thanksgiving plans for dozens of residents, at the very least one household compelled to evacuate had one thing to be thankful for.
“It’s an extremely distressing situation but especially on a holiday like Thanksgiving,” mentioned Corcoran. “We were able to go in and save their Thanksgiving dinner and pack up their food for them and give it them so they could take it to a relative’s house and enjoy it there.”
