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FDNY admits ambulances were delayed to fatal fire

Two children died in the blaze; an ambulance wasn’t dispatched after the working fire was confirmed

New York Post

NEW YORK — The FDNY admitted Monday that ambulances were delayed in responding to the Easter morning house fire that killed two 4-year-old kids.

“We are looking at the timeline and why it happened,” Fire Commissioner Salvatore Cassano said, referring to the horrific Bayswater blaze that killed half-siblings Aniya and Jai’Launi Tinglin, both 4.

After the children were pulled from the Bay 30th Street home, several precious minutes ticked away as firefighters screamed for paramedics, who were nowhere to be found.

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