Fire Destroys Brooklyn Store, Spreads to Apartments Above

February 27th, 2022 – Brooklyn, NY: Just before 3:00 a.m Firefighters responded to an early morning blaze on Monday that swept through a Deli in Brooklyn.

FDNY on the scene are 1569 East New York battled the fire that spread to apartments located above the store. FNTV spoke with 911 caller Darren Rowe.

“I basically told them that there could possibly be somebody trapped on the above floors” – Darren Rowe

“I was riding my bike coming down the street and then I saw flames shooting out from the bottom floor. I guess it was from the Deli? And then I called the fire department and they put me on the line with Brooklyn Fire Department dispatch and basically when I called it in, I gave the address, where it was and they said they’re gonna be on the way. Within two minutes, I heard the first units come around, and they started setting up the ladders and stuff.

I believe that somebody else, I believe it was this guy over there. Yeah, he ran up to me, and he was like, “there could be somebody trapped upstairs” or whatever. So while I was on the phone with the dispatcher, I basically told them that there could possibly be somebody trapped on the above floors. So that was pretty much it. The fire kind of extended through the building, but they pretty much knocked it down before it could go to the next residence that was next to the building.” Said Darren.