KEY POINTS

  • A 52-year-old was killed while two were injured in a Brooklyn apartment fire late Wednesday
  • The victim's body was found in a second-floor unit after the fire was extinguished
  • The injured resident was rushed to the hospital in serious condition
  • A responding firefighter was also injured after cutting an artery while breaking through a window
  • He was rushed to Brookdale Hospital with serious, non-life-threatening wounds

One person was killed and two others were injured after a fire razed an apartment in Brooklyn late Wednesday.

An FDNY spokesperson told the New York Daily News that the blaze started at 7:14 p.m. and tore through the second floor of a three-story apartment at 874 Jefferson Avenue.

The victim's body was discovered by firefighters in a second-floor unit after the fire was extinguished and was later declared dead at the scene, a source told the outlet.

FDNY
Firefighters battle a 7-alarm fire in the Bronx in New York City, Jan. 2, 2018. Spencer Platt/Getty Images

The injured resident was rushed to New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center in serious condition.

A responding FDNY firefighter was also injured after he cut an artery while breaking through a window. The News's source pointed that the officer collapsed, and fellow firefighters had to apply a tourniquet to stop the bleeding while they waited for paramedics to arrive at the scene.

The injured firefighter was brought to Brookdale Hospital with serious, non-life-threatening wounds, said ABC 7.

An investigation was initiated to determine the cause of the fire, while information surrounding the death of the 52-year-old victim and the name of the injured resident were not immediately available.

Firefighters controlled the fire after 7:30 p.m., added ABC 7.

RELATED STORIES