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FDNY FF critical after medical emergency during 2-alarm fire

The FDNY said the firefighter suffered an emergency and then went into cardiac arrest during a two-alarm fire in Brooklyn’s Bushwick neighborhood

By Elizabeth Keogh
New York Daily News

NEW YORK — An FDNY firefighter was critically injured after suffering a medical episode while battling a two-alarm blaze in Brooklyn on Sunday, officials said.

The fire broke out in a four-story building on Lafayette Ave. near Bushwick Ave. in Bushwick around 11:30 a.m., the FDNY said.

More than 100 firefighters and EMS members from 25 units raced to the scene, where the fire had spread to numerous floors and to the cockloft of the building.

Firefighters brought the blaze under control just before 1:25 p.m., but during the battle, one of New York’s Bravest suffered a health emergency, plunging him into cardiac arrest, officials said.

Medics rushed him to Wyckoff Heights Medical Center in critical condition; he was later transferred to Lenox Hill Hospital. Officials did not immediately release his name or what company he was with.

One other firefighter and two civilians suffered minor injuries in the blaze, according to the FDNY.

The cause of the fire was under investigation Sunday night.

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