Brooklyn, NY – Two children were killed when a massive fire burned through a Brooklyn building Saturday night.
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The fast-moving fire broke out just before 11 p.m. on the second floor of a three-story residential building at 165 Schaefer Street in Bushwick.
It was placed under control about an hour later.
Five people were found inside the apartment where the fire started.
The two children, an 8-year-old girl and a 7-year-old girl, were pronounced dead at Wyckoff Hospital.
The Medical Examiner will determine the cause of death.
Three adults were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Investigators are trying to determine the cause of the fire.
Jewish?
Satmar owned building?
This time of the year, is dangerous, no matter where one lives, and not matter what their ethnicity is. Gas furnaces, oil burnning furnaces, electric heat, propane gas tanks, etc. must be inspected. Hazardous electrical wiring is also a problem. In addition, candles and other heating devices left unattended can be disastrous. Burning cigarettes can also start fires. Last, grease on a stove can start a large fire.
I wish everyone, of any religious or ethnic denomination to be safe this winter, vis-a-vis the fire prevention conditions of their homes.