Eight FDNY Firefighters Injured in Staten Island Blaze

    Nov. 15, 2019
    Two of the firefighters were seriously hurt battling a fire that broke out on the second floor of a house early Thursday.

    By Graham Rayman

    Source New York Daily News

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    Eight FDNY firefighters were injured battling a house blaze early Thursday.
    Eight FDNY firefighters were injured battling a house blaze early Thursday.

    Eight firefighters were hurt, two with serious injuries, in a Staten Island fire that broke out early Thursday, the FDNY said.

    The blaze broke out around 8:40 a.m. on the second floor of a Livermore Ave. house near Caswell Ave. in Westerleigh, authorities said.

    The flames were brought under control in less than two hours, the FDNY said.

    The injured firefighters were taken to Richmond University Medical Center. No residents were injured.

    Fire marshals were still investigating what caused the blaze Thursday evening.

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