NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A fast-moving fire trapped three children inside a Bronx home on Monday morning. They had to be rescued by firefighters.
Police said the girls’ mother brought her 7-year-old son to the hospital for an unspecified injury and left the three girls home alone. They were found on the second floor sleeping, CBS2’s Kevin Rincon reported.
As smoke poured out the two-story building on Burke Avenue in the Allerton section of the borough, neighbors could only watch as firefighters streamed in. Approximately 60 first responders responded and the blaze was under control by 10:10 a.m.
“Windows blown out, fire coming out,” Miasotis Linares said.
Linares was the one who called 911 at around 9:30 a.m. She said her stomach turned when she realized there were kids inside.
“One of the firemen came out with a lifeless child, ran into the ambulance, put the child down and commenced CPR,” Linares said.
“Our members did do advanced life support. They did advanced cardiac life support,” Dep. Assistant Chief Paul Miano said.
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As EMS personnel helped to keep that child alive, they realized she wasn’t alone.
“A few minutes later two more children came out. They ran these kids to the ambulance and they worked on these kids,” Linares said.
In all, the FDNY said it rescued three girls. Police said their ages are 6, 3, and a 13 months. Captain Daniel McEnroe helped save the oldest of the three.
“They were all on the bed when we took them. Right above them was a window. Firefighter Boney took the window. I pushed out the air conditioner. The room lit up a little bit where we could see. We saw the three kids. They looked like they were sleeping. You know, they were all huddled together. They looked like they were sleeping and then we just moved as fast as we could to get them out,” McEnroe said.
McEnroe is, himself, is a father of three. Miano said things could have been much worse.
“This could’ve been a tragedy, a real tragedy, and we were able to get to those children this morning,” he said.
The children were rushed to Jacobi Medical Center in critical but stable condition and are expected to OK.
Per FDNY Fire Marshals: Cause of this morning’s all-hands fire at 783 Burke Ave. in the Bronx was accidental, electrical, building wiring. Smoke alarm present but not operational. pic.twitter.com/LRtjuh685i
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Both parents were questioned by police. On Monday evening, 33-year-old mother Remi Latei was charged with three counts of endangering the welfare of a child.
Earlier, the FDNY announced the cause of the fire was ruled accidental by fire marshals.
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