Nine people were injured — including a minor left in critical condition — when a fire ripped through a Brooklyn apartment building early Tuesday, the FDNY said.
The blaze erupted on the first floor of the building on Evergreen Ave in Bushwick just before 3 a.m., according to officials.
The injured included children, with at least one person left in critical condition, fire officials said. The most seriously hurt was a male who was under 18, sources said.
Multiple families, including a baby and a toddler, were among those assessed at the scene by first responders. It wasn’t immediately clear, though, how many suffered burns.
Terrified residents described having to wade through thick black smoke in a bid to escape the building, while fire crews had to rescue others via the multiple windows.
“We had six dogs, a baby, my godson and his baby moms, which I had to run upstairs and try to save,” one woman told ABC7 from the scene.
“I made sure everyone got out the best way they could.”
The FDNY is currently probing the cause of the blaze.
