Posted on 03/21/2015 2:08:10 AM PDT by Lonely Bull
Seven children, ages 5-15, were killed in a raging fire that destroyed a Brooklyn home early Saturday morning, law-enforcement sources said. The mother of at least three of the children, and one other youngster, were critically injured.
The fire started at 12:23 a.m. in the brick home on Bedford Avenue between avenues L and M in Midwood.
FDNY firefighters worked to extinguish the blaze while Hatzolah and other paramedics frantically worked to keep the victims alive.
“Two of the children weren’t breathing when they brought them out. The firefighters were running with them down the street on stretchers,” said a Hatzolah volunteer at the scene.
“The mother was covered in soot. It’s horrible inside.”
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How terrible.
Dreadful. RIP.
Prayers for all.
This is very close to my old neighborhood. It was lovely when I lived there. Very sad story, but also a pretty uninformative report which I read earlier over at the NY Post.
RIP poor children.
“This is very close to my old neighborhood. It was lovely when I lived there. Very sad story, but also a pretty uninformative report which I read earlier over at the NY Post. RIP poor children.”
Also close to my old neighborhood in Canarsie and several blocks from Brooklyn College. It was a very good school back in the 70’s, went back to visit in the late 90’s and it had deteriorated quite a bit.
The poor mother. I think it would almost be kinder if she passes away from her injuries, rather than facing such pain and loss.
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