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Girl, 11, Killed in Brooklyn Fire Girl, 11, Killed in Brooklyn Fire
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An 11-year-old girl died and a firefighter was seriously injured Monday night after an apartment fire in Brooklyn’s Midwood neighborhood, the authorities said. An 11-year-old girl died and a firefighter was seriously injured on Monday night after an apartment fire in Brooklyn, the authorities said.
The New York Fire Department received a call about a fire at a three-story building on 761 Ocean Parkway at 10:20 p.m. Monday, said a firefighter, Brian Fitzgerald. The girl, Shirr Teved, was found unconscious inside an apartment building at 761 Ocean Parkway in the Midwood neighborhood, the police said.
The fire was on the first floor of the building, and 25 units and 106 firefighters, paramedics and emergency medical technicians responded to the scene, Firefighter Fitzgerald said. Firefighters received a call about a blaze in the three-story building at about 10:20 p.m. on Monday, said a firefighter, Brian Fitzgerald.
Detective Hubert Reyes of the New York Police Department identified the child who died as Shirr Teved. She was pulled from the building and taken to Maimonides Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead. The fire was on the first floor of the building, Firefighter Fitzgerald said, and 25 units and 106 firefighters, paramedics and emergency medical technicians responded to the scene.
One firefighter, suffering from smoke inhalation, was taken to Weill Cornell Medical Center. He arrived with “serious, life-threatening injuries” but was later upgraded to stable condition, Firefighter Fitzgerald said.
The cause of the fire was under investigation, he added.The cause of the fire was under investigation, he added.
Shirr was pulled from the building and taken to Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, where she was pronounced dead, the police said.
One firefighter, suffering from smoke inhalation, was taken to Weill Cornell Medical Center in Manhattan. He arrived with “serious, life-threatening injuries” but was later upgraded to stable condition, Firefighter Fitzgerald said.
Also on Monday, a fire tore through a rowhouse in the early morning in Brooklyn’s Fort Greene neighborhood.
After the fire was brought under control, firefighters found a man, L. Antonio Litman, unconscious with puncture wounds in his head and back, officials said.
Early on Tuesday, the police said that the death had been ruled a homicide. Earlier, the authorities had said they were looking into the possibility of a robbery.
A third fire, this one in Staten Island, also broke out on Monday. Hundreds of firefighters worked to control the five-alarm blaze, which began in one home and eventually tore through six buildings on Monday afternoon, according to the Fire Department.
Ten firefighters and one other person were injured in that fire, officials said. The injuries were not life-threatening.