Firefighters rescued 11 residents and two firefighters sustained minor injuries during a two-alarm fire in Sunset Park on Tuesday night. Units from the Sunset Park 40th Battalion arrived at 881 Fifth Ave. shortly after 8:45pm to find heavy smoke and flames coming from the second floor and spreading to the third floor of the four-story mixed-use building. Firefighters quickly deployed a ground ladder to bring the victims to safety. Six civilians were transported to area hospitals for smoke inhalation. “There was smoke pouring out from the windows when the firefighters arrived,” witness Carlos Baez told Brooklyn Paper. Click here to read more on brooklynpaper.com.
