Williamsbridge kids hurt in fi re
Mom arrested for leaving her three kids alone as home burns down
BY ALEX MITCHELL
Three Bronx children are
in critical condition and their
mother was arrested after
being left home alone as an
electrical fi re tore through
their Williamsbridge home
on Monday morning, the
FDNY reported.
The all-hands blaze, which
blew out the two-story building’s
second fl oor windows
broke out at 783 Burke Ave. at
about 9:30 a.m.
Shortly after, responding
FDNY ladder units realized
there were unattended children
in the residential building.
FDNY members rescued
three children from an allhands
fi re this morning in
the Bronx, the FDNY said on
their offi cial Twitter account
on Sept. 28.
“My irons man Firefi ghter
Matthew Boney forced the
door. Heavy fi re met us there….
Firefi ghter Boney and I met in
the second bedroom where we
saw the three kids on the bed.
We called it in, and Firefi ghter
Boney grabbed the two and
went, and I grabbed the third
and followed him out. There
was a ton of fi re, a ton of heat,
and a lot of smoke,” said FDNY
Captain Daniel McEnroe of
Ladder 32.
Rescue workers brought
the children streetside and
as members of FDNY Engine
79 began started CPR before
EMS rushed the trio to Jacobi
Hospital, resuscitating all
three on the way, according to
FDNY Deputy Assistant Chief
Paul Miano.
“All three children at this
time are in critical but stable
condition at the hospital,”
said FDNY Deputy Assistant
Chief Joseph Ferrante while
on scene.
Their mother, Remi Lateim
was arrested on three counts
of endangering the welfare of a
child at Jacobi Hospital at 1:07
p.m. Monday, according to the
NYPD.
The FDNY reported that
the Williamsbrdge home had
a smoke alarm, which was
non-operational at the time of
the fi re. 783 Burke Avenue on Monday. FDNY/Twitter
2173 White Plains Road 718-931-4335
Just South of Pelham Pkwy.
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