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COURIER L 22 IFE, JANUARY 24-30, 2020
Firefi ghters emerge from the ruins of an apartment in Midwood,
where a fi re claimed the life of an 11-year-old girl.
Photo by Todd Maisel
Midwood horror
Apartment fi re claims
the life of 11-year-old girl
BY TODD MAISEL
A fast-moving fi re
that engulfed an apartment
in Midwood
claimed the life of an
11-year-old girl on Monday.
Fire offi cials believe
a space heater may have
caused the blaze that
killed young Shirr Teved
inside her Ocean
Parkway home near
Foster Avenue at 10:20
pm, although investigators
have not reached a
defi nitive ruling.
One fi refi ghter from
Ladder 147 sustained seriously
injuries after he
become trapped in the
burning home while attempting
to extract the
girl. Paramedics rushed
him to Cornell University
Medical Center,
where he was treated inside
a hyperbaric chamber.
Firefi ghters say he
is doing “ok.”
Once she was pulled
from the burning building,
authorities rushed
the girl to Maimonides
Medical Center, where
she perished soon after.
More than 100 fi refi
ghters and EMS personnel
rushed to the
scene, where smoke eaters
said they were met
with heavy fi re blowing
out of the fi rst fl oor
of the three-story brick
home. A large amount
of debris piled inside
the home made it diffi -
cult to move and fed the
fi re, fi refi ghters said.
A fi re claimed the life of 11-
year-old Shirr Teved in Midwood
on Monday.
Photo by Todd Maisel
The injured fi refi
ghter from Ladder 147
was able to make his
way past the inferno
and to the back bedroom
of the fi rst fl oor, where
he found the young girl
unconscious.
Firefi ghters say he
tried to get out the back
windows, but his escape
was blocked by window
bars at which point he
became low on air and
called a “mayday.”
Other fi refi ghters
were able to reach him
and the young girl, but
it was too late for Teved.
The fi re was under
control by 11:50 p.m.,
but by then, debris was
already piled up on the
driveway.
“Look at all that
stuff piled up,” said one
fi refi ghter. “We had to
get through that.”
She has a name.
Her health plan actually
knows it.
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