Apt. Fire on Hawthorne

The Daily News reports that a couple was injured in an apartment fire yesterday:

Firefighters rushed into the first-floor flat of the building on Hawthorne St. in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens just before 4 p.m. and were able to carry the couple to safety, neighbors and FDNY officials said.

"They broke all the windows and pulled them out," said Annette Moore, 49, an upstairs neighbor. "The apartment is completely destroyed."

A female victim was taken to New York-Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell, where she is in critical condition with burns, officials said.

A man, who suffered burns and smoke inhalation, was taken to Staten Island University Hospital and is in stable condition.

Investigators suspect the blaze started with a lighted cigarette.

The article doesn't specific the address of the place. If anyone knows which block this happened on, do let us know.

Comments

[Charles Star]

According to the Gothamist Newsmap, the fire was between Rogers and Nostrand, but doesn't give a specific address.

[Viper]

The fire was at 265 hawthrone between Nostrand and Rogers

[Shawndel]

I watched from my window with horror as this unfolded. Seven fire engines and a cop car raced onto the block on what was otherwise a peaceful morning. Some of NY's bravest extended the ladders to the roof, while others rushed to shatter the windows to pull the victims out. I saw one firefighter exhausted on the ground by the end of it. I am so relieved to learn that the residents are alive, because they were unconscious when the firefighters pulled them out.

I *THINK* the bldg number is 265 Hawthorne (between Rogers and Nostrand), it may be the same one where the PLGNA (Neighborhood Association) sometimes meets. It was scary and sad, but again, I am relieved to learn that they are both stable and alive.