3-alarm fire at Broadway theater for Book of Mormon
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“It was an extremely dangerous and difficult firefighting operation,” said FDNY Chief John Esposito
The fire, at a six-story apartment building in the Inwood neighborhood, also displaced more than 100 residents, officials said.
A series of wildfires in New York has been linked to illegal burns, downed power lines, and a faulty catalytic converter during the state's spring burn ban.
Law enforcement officials believe 50-year-old Anroop Parasram is dead in the basement of the collapsed building. They believe he set himself on fire.
More than 100 emergency responders were called to a three-alarm fire in Inwood, Manhattan early Monday morning.
New York police search for a suspect after a house collapsed in a massive explosion and fire in Queens; appears to have started as a domestic dispute