Officials say the three-story building is a synagogue on the first floor, with apartments on the second and third floors. Residents were forced to jump from the second floor in order to escape.
Firefighters battled a fire at Stavnitz Synagogue on 60th Street in Brooklyn Friday morning.Witnesses said residents were forced to jump from the second floor in order to escape. The three-story building is a synagogue on the first floor, with apartments on the second and third floors.The fire broke out in kitchen around 6:30 a.m. Friday morning, FDNY said.Two people were critically injured, and three others are in stable condition.
"They were all hanging out the window, the three of them, they were on the ledge of the window," Brooklyn Community Board 12 Chairperson Yidel Perlstein said. Fire officials were able to lift the residents down from the window. A community board member also said that someone may have left a hot plate plugged in on the second floor, but this has not been confirmed. It is unclear how many others were inside the building at the time of the fire.
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