BRONX (WABC) — One man is dead, and 10 others, including firefighters, were hurt in a Bronx fire.<\/p>\n
The fire broke out at around 7:46 a.m. on Montgomery Avenue, between 174th and 175th Street.<\/p>\n
A 31-year-old man is in critical but stable condition after apparently jumping from the building.<\/p>\n
When firefighters arrived they found him on the sidewalk.<\/p>\n
“There was one civilian on the sidewalk who they said had jumped out the window to escape the flames,” said Deputy Chief Andrew Holzmaier, FDNY.<\/p>\n
An unidentified man in his 40s was pronounced dead at the scene. He was found inside the unit where the fire is believed to have started.<\/p>\n
Four firefighters suffered injuries that were described as non-critical, along with five other civilians.<\/p>\n
“I woke up this morning, the building, my apartment was on fire. I just lost my dog. My dog is gone,” said Kathryn Rivera, a building resident.<\/p>\n
Another resident said that she and her children escaped, but her dog also perished.<\/p>\n
“I told my kids to get out of the apartment. I tried to get my dog, my dog didn’t make it, he died. And this is the second fire that happened within a matter of two months. The landlord isn’t doing anything about it,” said Uneek Valentin, a building resident.<\/p>\n
The fire became serious when firefighters had to open a door to battle the flames.<\/p>\n
“The door was closed on arrival. Just through the course of the fire and having to break windows, opening doors, that may have assisted it,” Holzmaier said. “But, most of the extension came from the common bathroom wet walls, where pipes and electric run through. That was mostly the extension of the fire into adjoining and above apartments.”<\/p>\n
The cause of the fire is under investigation.<\/p>\n
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