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condition as of Thursday
evening, May 27,
according to Nigro.
Nigro commended
the medically trained
firefighters as well as
EMTs and paramedics
who responded to the
fire in coordination.
Walter Adler, a paramedic
and mobilization
coordinator of Emergency
Medical Services
Public Advocacy Councils
(EMSPAC), told
QNS that if it weren’t
for EMS’ response, the
women could have died.
“Two were no longer
breathing and two had
no pulse,” Adler said.
“Thanks to the speed
and competency of the
EMS units on scene,
those four women are,
for now, alive in critical
condition in an ICU.”
A paramedic at the
scene, who asked to remain
anonymous, told
QNS that thanks to
their work with FDNY,
the young women are
still alive.
“Last night in Ozone
Park, hospital-based Jamaica
EMS demonstrated
we are always ready,”
the paramedic said.
The fire was under
control by 5 a.m., according
to the FDNY.
Nigro said the cause
of the fire is still unknown
and remains
under investigation.
However, he added that
firefighters did not
find a working smoke
alarm or a smoke
alarm of any kind in
the apartment.
“These four women
were not alerted to the
fire, the call came from
an adjoining building
… And that’s just very
sad,” Nigro said. “We
over and over repeat
how smoke alarms save
lives, and how helpful
this would have been.”
Nigro said the fire is
not suspicious, and that
they’re looking into the
possibility of it being an
electrical cause.
Reach reporter
Angélica Acevedo by
e-mail at aacevedo@
schnepsmedia.com
BY ANGÉLICA ACEVEDO
Four women were
left in critical condition
after a fire broke out on
the top floor of a threestory
private home on
Thursday, May 27, in
Ozone Park, according
to authorities.
A fire broke out at
101-10 101st Ave. inside
the third floor of
a three-story private
home a little after 4
a.m., and firefighters
rescued four women
from the apartment
unit, an FDNY spokesperson
said.
FDNY Commissioner
Daniel Nigro said
that just after 4 a.m.,
they received a 911 call
at the location. He said
units arrived in less
than four minutes and
“immediately went to
work.”
“I have to start off
by saying I couldn’t
be prouder of the way
FDNY members operated
heroically,” Nigro
said. “They pushed up
to the third floor with
heavy fire showing.
They found four victims
on that floor. People
were all in respiratory
or cardiac arrest. They
were all pulled out of
that fire very early.”
The four victims were
quickly transported to
Jamaica Hospital Medical
Center, where they
are in critical but stable
Firefighters and fire marshals at the scene of 101-10
101st Ave., where four women were trapped inside the
third floor home and had to be rescued on May 27.
Photos by Robert Stridiron
Four in critical condition following
fire in Ozone Park home: FDNY
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