Blocked fire hydrant results in 3 injuries during blaze

“SECONDS MATTER IN THESE SITUATIONS, ANY DELAY INCREASES THE RISK OF SAFETY FOR EVERYONE,”

Blocked fire hydrant results in 3 injuries during blaze

Firefighters try to thread a hose under a car parked in front of a fire hydrant.

When a fire broke out in the home of a 96-year-old woman on 826 Revere Avenue, a Volvo with NJ plates, was blocking the hydrant directly across the street, on Wednesday, February 28.

While neighbors urged the first responders to “just break its windows,” FDNY members said that “we try not to do that unless we really have to.”

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