FDNY Investigates Cause Of Three-Alarm Bronx Fire

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Published on May 21, 2018, 4:34 pm
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City fire officials are investigating the cause of a three-alarm fire in the Bronx early Monday morning.

The FDNY says the fire started around 6 a.m. on the top floor of a vacant home located at 2075 Anthony Avenue in Mount Hope.

Flames from the fire spread to an adjacent home.

Three families who were in the second home were evacuated.

“The building was coming apart as a result of the fire, we had electrical wires that were affected and live wires that were falling and sparking around operating members.,” said one firefighter at the scene.

Nearly 140 firefighters responded to the fire.

Two of them were injured.

Anyone with information related to this incident is asked to call the NYPD‘s Crime Stoppers hotline at 1800577TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 188857PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers’ website or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577.

All tips will be kept strictly confidential.

 

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