NEW YORK — Thanksgiving meals were interrupted by flames in Brooklyn after a manhole fire spread to a building, prompting emergency evacuations.
Brooklyn Heights residents were forced to improvise their vacation plans due to high carbon monoxide levels near their homes on Remsen Street.
According to the FDNY, two other apartment buildings were evacuated due to high levels of carbon monoxide as a result of the fire, which started around noon Thursday.
The FDNY said there were no injuries and that levels had dropped enough by 6:30 p.m. for residents to return safely, but power would likely not be restored to about 82 customers until around midnight. Con Edison and National Grid remained on site.
“The cause of the building fire, which is believed to be related to the electrical fire down the street, remains under investigation,” said Stephen P. Corcoran, deputy chief of the FDNY.
The Deutsch family is making the best of it, thanks to the FDNY
Diana Deutsch and her husband, James, went from setting up a dining table for 14 to carrying their Thanksgiving meal onto the sidewalk.
“We have our sweet potatoes. We have our turkey,” Diana Deutsch said.
“It’s scary to see flames coming up in front of your house,” James Deutsch said.
Family members said they were glad firefighters were able to save their dinner.
“We were able to go in, hold their Thanksgiving dinner and pack it up,” Corcoran said, adding that it was an “extremely dire situation, especially on a holiday where we want to go the extra mile, just help these people, you.” you know, beneficial for everyone.”
“Instead of serving it in our own home, we’re bringing it to my son’s,” Diana Deutsch said.
“So it’s going to be a much smaller gathering, but thank God we’re all safe,” James Deutsch said.
