Mead Street families displaced from fi re
BY ALIYA SCHNEIDER
Three wood-framed
houses at 605, 609 and
611 Mead St. were involved
in a four-alarm
fi re on Tuesday, Dec.
14.
“At this point, we
know that at least six
families have been displaced,”
FDNY Chief
Joseph Jardin said following
the fi re. “The
Red Cross is assisting
them and their need
for resources and we
will make every attempt
to identify others,
if they exist, who
may have been displaced.”
Four civilians with
minor injuries were
transported to area
hospitals, Jardin said.
After conducting
searches throughout
the buildings, no one
was found, so the department
was convinced
everyone had
been removed from the
buildings, he said.
The Fire Department
received a call at
7:46 p.m. and units arrived
within four minutes
to fi nd a heavy
volume of fi re, Jardin
said. Fire from
one building rapidly
spread to two adjacent
dwellings.
The fi re was contained
to the three
structures. The houses
were heavily damaged
and one of the roof’s
dwellings collapsed.
Approximately 200
fi re and emergency
medical services personnel
were on the
scene.
Firefi ghters were
able to get the blaze
under control around
9:45 p.m.
The Bureau of Fire
Investigation was on
the scene to investigate
fi re cause and origin,
and the Department
of Buildings was
on the scene to determine
building stability.
An FDNY spokesman
said there were
no updates as of
Wednesday, a week after
the fi re.
Firefi ghters respond to a four-alarm fi re on Mead Street. Photo Lloyd Mitchell
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