Staten Island Fire Injures Seven Firefighters

A two alarm fire tore through a house Thursday night on Staten Island (NY), sending seven firefighters to the hospital, reports NY 1.

The fire is being considered suspicious.

“On arrival, there was a heavy fire condition on the second floor, extended into the third floor,” Battalion Chief Don Murphy said. “We had a second alarm transmitted. We had 25 units, 105 firefighters on the scene. It was an occupied building. No one was home at the time of the fire.”

The injured firefighters are being treated at Richmond University Medical Center.

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