NY Daily News – March 11, 2016
by Rocco Parascandola, Thomas Tracy
After dousing a Brooklyn blaze, firefighters still found some heat. Twelve rifles, two semiautomatic handguns and five shotguns — plus loads of loose ammunition and clips filled with bullets — were found inside the burning second floor apartment on Buffalo Ave. near Atlantic Ave. in Crown Heights on Tuesday afternoon, cops said.
Grenades and sticks of dynamite were also found in the apartment, according to police sources.
The apartment tenant, Eric Brown, 50, was arrested on multiple weapons charges. His arraignment was pending Wednesday.
The illegal firearms were found “in plain sight” as firefighters went inside to attack the fire that broke out in the apartment below Brown’s home around 2 p.m., officials said.
Six people were displaced by the fire but no injuries were reported, an FDNY spokesman said.
The fire was put out within 45 minutes. The cause was still under investigation Wednesday, officials said.
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