NEW YORK — At least one person died Monday after a fire engulfed a top-floor apartment in a Brooklyn apartment building that caused two people to jump from the sixth floor to the floor below.
FDNY officials confirmed the death hours after bringing the Flatbush fire under control on Rockaway Parkway. The department initially reported injuries to four people, three of whom had serious injuries. The fourth was able to move away.
It was not immediately clear what specific injuries everyone had.
Arriving around 2 pm, lifeguards found two people outside who had jumped to safety. Witnesses to the commotion said it was a pair of loud explosions coming from the building.
A deputy fire marshal at the scene said response teams were able to quickly put out the fire and bring the situation under control. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
