An 82-year-old woman was hospitalized after a raging fire broke out in her Brooklyn home and began spreading to neighboring buildings, FDNY and police said Saturday.
Firefighters worked feverishly to put out the massive blaze, which erupted inside the three-story home on E. 3rd St. near Beverly Road in Kensington about 5:45 p.m. Friday.
“Units found heavy fire on the first floor and the fire quickly escalated to a fourth alarm due to high winds,” the FDNY said on X.
The winds sent the flames to adjacent homes about an hour after the fire began, FDNY officials said.
Firefighters found the woman inside the home. EMS rushed her to Maimonides Medical Center in critical condition. She was later transferred to NY Presbyterian-Brooklyn late Friday as her condition improved.
She’s currently in stable condition at the hospital, officials said.
Friday’s fire is hauntingly similar to a fatal blaze that also broke out a day earlier in Brooklyn, where a 99-year-old woman perished.
Alemise Marcellus was found dead in the basement of her Flatbush apartment building following the Thursday night blaze.
Her son, Roger Arthur, tried to rescue her, but was stopped by a wall of flames as he tried to get to his elderly mother’s bedroom.
“I couldn’t get to her,” Arthur, 69, told the Daily News. “I tried. I almost died.
At 5:43 Friday evening, the FDNY received a report of fire at 413 E 3rd Street in Brooklyn. Units found heavy fire on the first floor and the fire quickly escalated to a fourth alarm due to a high winds. One person was critically injured and transported to the hospital. pic.twitter.com/qO9gABbZt1
— FDNY (@FDNY) March 23, 2024
FDNY Fire Marshals were trying to determine what sparked Friday’s fire.
