Firefighters Rescue Two from Brooklyn Fire

(L to R) Firefighter Rob Mitchell, Capt. Dennis Murphy and Firefighter John Fischer from Ladder 105. The team helped rescue two from an apartment fire in Brooklyn.

Firefighters gave one family a wonderful holiday gift on Dec. 23, when they rescued a father and his adult daughter from an apartment in Brooklyn.

“It’s a good feeling [to save a life] at this time of year,” said Capt. Dennis Murphy from Ladder 105. “It’s not every day you make a rescue, so this is a real treat.”

At 2:47 a.m., firefighters were called to the scene of a fire on the top floor of 392 Third St., a four-story apartment building in Park Slope.

Upon arrival, firefighters reported flames blowing out the windows of the fire apartment.

Members of Ladder 122 and Squad 1 forced entry to the fire apartment and began to attack the fire, which was in the front of the apartment. Members of Ladder 105, after searching an adjacent apartment, entered the fire apartment and headed toward the rear.

The company’s forcible entry team, including Capt. Murphy, and Firefighters Rob Mitchell and John Fischer found one unconscious victim, a 29-year-old female, in the hallway and removed her to the apartment door, from where other firefighters were able to carry her to an awaiting ambulance.

They then returned and found another unconscious victim in the same area, a 58-year-old male, and removed him to the third floor.

“I’m so happy everybody got out okay and everything turned out the way it did,” said Firefighter Fischer.

Both victims were transported to Methodist Hospital in serious, but stable, condition.

The fire was brought under control at 3:33 a.m. Fire marshals are investigating the cause, which appears to be an overloaded power strip.

“It’s a great feeling,” said Firefighter Mitchell. “Christmas is a time for giving - and Capt. Murphy gave [the two victims] their lives back today.”