Brooklyn fire: 1 dead, 3 critically injured including toddler
BROOKLYN - A fire Sunday inside a NYCHA building in the Boerum Hill section of Brooklyn left one person dead and three others critically injured, the NYPD said.
According to the FDNY, the fire broke out around 4 p.m. in a first floor apartment inside the Gowanus Houses located at 178 Bond St.
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The fire happened inside a NYCHA building in the Boerum Hill section of Brooklyn, the NYPD said.
Twelve units, including 60 firefighters, responded, where they found four people unconscious inside, including a two-year-old boy.
All were taken to a hospital in critical condition, where a 67-year-old man was pronounced dead, police said.
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Around 60 firefighters responded to the scene.
The cause of the fire is unknown at the time.