Firefighters battled a two-alarm blaze in East Flatbush on Sunday night, displacing 14 people and two dogs. Units from the FDNY’s 15th Division arrived just after 6:45pm to find fire on the second floor of a two-story private dwelling near Schenectady Avenue and Avenue N. Firefighters discovered the flames had extended into the cockloft — the space between the roof and ceiling of the building, which is part of a row of attached private dwellings. Crews used saws and six-foot hooks to expose hidden flames, pull down ceilings, and release trapped smoke. Click here to read more on brooklynpaper.com.
