Firefighters Die in Jump From 4th-Floor Window
Two firefighters were killed and four others were hurt when they were forced to jump from a fourth-floor window of a burning building in the Bronx. A third firefighter died after battling a basement blaze in Brooklyn.
Lt. Curtis Meyran, 46, and Firefighter John Bellew, 37, died after fighting the fire in Morris Heights, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg told a news conference. Three firefighters were in critical condition and a fourth was in serious condition at local hospitals.
The six Bronx firefighters became trapped in the building while searching for people on the fourth floor, Bloomberg said.
And in Brooklyn, Richard Sclafani, 37, died at a hospital after being injured at a two-alarm fire, the mayor said.
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