Man, 36, dies after fire tears through top-floor apartment on West 49th Street in Hell's Kitchen
Firefighters pulled two men from the fifth-floor fire late Saturday morning. One of them, 36, died; police said the other, 31, was in stable condition. The cause is under investigation.
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- A fire broke out on the top floor of a five-story building on West 49th Street between Eighth and Ninth avenues shortly after 11 a.m. Saturday (ABC7, CBS New York).
- W42ST, citing the FDNY, said the fire was in a fifth-floor apartment at 308 W. 49th St. and that the FDNY sent 21 units with 79 fire and EMS personnel after the 11:13 a.m. call.
- Two men were rescued and hospitalized. Police said a 36-year-old man died and a 31-year-old man was in stable condition, CBS New York reported. His name had not been released Saturday evening.
- Firefighters had the fire under control just before noon, according to the FDNY via CBS New York. A dog was also rescued, W42ST reported.
- The cause of the fire is under investigation.
A man died after a fire broke out in a top-floor apartment in Hell's Kitchen on Saturday morning, officials said.
The fire started shortly after 11 a.m. in a five-story building on West 49th Street between Eighth and Ninth avenues, ABC7 reported. The neighborhood site W42ST, citing the FDNY, said the fire was in a fifth-floor apartment at 308 W. 49th St. and that the department received the call at 11:13 a.m. It sent 21 units with 79 fire and EMS personnel.
One dead, one hospitalized
Firefighters rescued two people from the building, and both were taken to a hospital, the FDNY told CBS New York. Police said one of them, a 36-year-old man, died of his injuries. The other, a 31-year-old man, was listed in stable condition, according to CBS New York. The man who died had not been identified as of Saturday evening.
Early reports described both men as critically injured. W42ST said they were taken to Weill Cornell and that firefighters also rescued a dog.
The fire was under control just before noon, the FDNY said, according to CBS New York. Officials had not said what caused it, and the extent of the damage was not yet known.
This story is based on preliminary information from the FDNY and NYPD and may be updated.
- CBS New York1 dead in Manhattan apartment building fire, officials say
- ABC7 New York1 killed, 2 injured in Hell's Kitchen fire
- W42STTwo Critically Injured and Dog Rescued in W49th Street Apartment Fire
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