"On the early morning of Jan. 6, a five-alarm fire engulfed three buildings on Madison Street in Ridgewood, displacing 26 families and six kids, some as young as 1 year old, and injuring five different firefighters who responded to the emergency. According to residents, many were alerted before alarms went off because of their shouting neighbors, and some even awoke to find entire walls within their rooms in flames."
"Two days later, scorch marks covered the façade, windows remain shattered and one building's entire roof is collapsed. During the battle with the fire, out of the 220 fire fighters who aided in the effort, five were injured including one who was struck with an air conditioner that fell from the building. According to one FDNY first responder, all five received treatment and are progressing well."
"She thought it was coming from the TV, until she realized she recognized the voices as those of her neighbors. Brown, who had been up late doing paperwork, woke her mother and grabbed the essentials: wallet, phone, keys, a folder full of important documents and, of course, their cat. The two were the last family to make it out of their building, passing by the first floor apartment where flames spewed out from the window."
On the early morning of Jan. 6 a five-alarm fire engulfed three buildings on Madison Street in Ridgewood, displacing 26 families including six children as young as one and injuring five firefighters. Neighbors alerted residents by shouting before alarms sounded and some woke to walls ablaze. The Ridgewood community, local businesses and representatives raised more than $70,000 and collected hundreds of clothes, shoes, toiletries and food for those who lost everything. Scorch marks and shattered windows remain and one building's roof collapsed. Two hundred twenty firefighters battled the blaze; all five injured responders received treatment and are progressing well.
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