A 6-year veteran firefighter in New York and a civilian were killed on April 24 in a Brooklyn house fire after the building’s ceiling partially collapsed, authorities said.
Timothy Klein, 31, responded within minutes to smoke reports at 108-26 Avenue N in Canarsie that quickly escalated to a three-alarm fire, the New York City Fire Department (FDNY) said in a statement.
“Conditions in the fire building deteriorated rapidly and the incident commander ordered all members from the building. At that time, a collapse occurred inside the building, injuring four members … who were inside at the time,” FDNY officials said.
Klein was trapped following the building collapse and succumbed to his injuries at Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center after fellow firefighters were able to remove him from the building.
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