NEW ROCHELLE — Firefighters resuscitated a man they pulled from a burning building and then had to rescue their own after a three-alarm blaze flashed over in a large apartment building, officials said.
In total, eight people were injured, including a firefighter who fell from the three-story building, officials said. The cause of the blaze remains under investigation.
The stubborn fire was first reported around 8:30 a.m. at 470 Pelham Road. Deputy Fire Chief John Marshall, among the first responders, said judging from its intensity when firefighters arrived, the blaze may have been burning for sometime before being reported.
A woman standing on the curb with her daughter yelled to first responders that her husband was still inside the family’s top-floor apartment, Marshall said. Firefighters ran in to search and one of them, Danny Thompson, found the man in the bathroom. Carrying him outside, firefighters performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
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