FDNY: DEADLY FIRE NO ACCIDENT

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[Calpernia]

Four people, including two children, died in a fast-moving fire at a four-story apartment building in Brooklyn early Friday, fire officials said.

1010 WINS AUDIO: John Montone reports on fatal fire

The Fire Department was investigating the cause of the blaze, which it considered suspicious. Another fire broke out around the same time in a building not far from the fatal blaze, officials said.

``There have been a series of fires that appear at this time to have some similarity, however, we have not made the connection with that,'' Assistant Fire Chief Howard Hill told reporters at the scene.

At least two people also were injured in the fire in Prospect Heights, which began shortly after 5 a.m., firefighter Brian Conlon said. The extent of their injuries was not immediately known. Fire officials did not immediately identify those who died, except to say they were all female. One of the adult victims died when she jumped from the apartment building to the street, a fire official said.

The fire was brought under control shortly before 7 a.m., Conlon said.

[Calpernia]

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=local&id=3937257

A mother, father and their two children are dead

Four family members were killed when tore through an apartment building in the Prospect Heights section of Brooklyn, just blocks away from another similar fire.

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Six others were injured in the flames, two critically. Some of them were children who were injured when they were thrown out a window to safety.

Louis Reynoso, Fire Victim: "I ran out and i tried to catch all five children, i looked over to the left and I saw a woman hanging off, it was already too late, she jumped."

25 residents were left homeless by the blaze.

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Meanwhile, another fire burned several blocks away burned through a similar four-story apartment building. Fire shot through the roof of that building. No injuries were immediately reported.

"There have been a series of fires that appear at this time to have some similarity, however, we have not made the connection with that," Assistant Fire Chief Howard Hill said.

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Officials say the victims, a mother, father and two children, leaped to their deaths from the blazing four-story apartment building at 1033 Pacific Street. The third-alarm fire started in a hallway of the first floor and spread through the entire building just after 5:30 a.m. Heavy flames tore through the four-story building and out the roof.

Meanwhile, another fire burned several blocks away burned through a similar four-story apartment building. Fire shot through the roof of that building. No injuries were immediately reported.

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"There have been a series of fires that appear at this time to have some similarity, however, we have not made the connection with that," Assistant Fire Chief Howard Hill said.

Pacific Street was closed to traffic between Classon and Franklin avenues, and Classon Avenue was closed between Dean Street and Atlantic Avenue.

[nw_arizona_granny]

I kept hearing this on the news, they are saying arson.

A couple months ago, it was Los Angeles and then Denver.

[Calpernia]

We have been having a large number of suspicious fires between NJ-NY.

Not much in follow up stories.