One firefighter was killed and eight have been injured battling a fast-moving blaze in New York City on Sunday, officers stated.
The firefighter who was killed was recognized as Timothy Klein, 31, a six-year veteran of the New York City Fire Department, Mayor Eric Adams and appearing Fire Commissioner Laura Kavanagh stated in a joint assertion.
Klein was one in every of greater than 100 firefighters who responded Sunday afternoon to a home hearth in Brooklyn’s Canarsie neighborhood, (*1*)NBC New York reported.
The hearth shortly moved from studies of smoke in the world to a three-alarm hearth, the assertion stated.
Klein and several other different firefighters have been inside when their supervisor ordered them out amid deteriorating situations, the assertion stated.
Before Klein may escape, a ceiling collapsed, trapping and critically injuring him, the assertion stated. He was later eliminated by different firefighters and pronounced useless at a hospital, officers stated.
Three different firefighters have been additionally taken to hospitals with accidents, the assertion stated.
The situations of the opposite injured firefighters weren’t instantly obtainable. The explanation for the fireplace remained unclear.
In the assertion, officers famous that Klein delivered the eulogy for his fellow firefighter and pal, Steven Pollard, who died in 2019 responding to an accident on the Belt Parkway. Klein’s father was additionally a firefighter.
“He bravely followed in their footsteps,” the assertion stated. “The hearts of the entire Department are with the Klein family and with the members of Engine Company 257 and Ladder Company 170.”