NEW YORK (1010 WINS) —Eighteen people were injured this morning when a house caught fire in the Williamsbridge neighborhood of the Bronx.
The two alarm fire broke out just after 6:00 a.m. in a house on Holland Avenue.
Two victims were critically injured, while seven others are in serious condition.
The critically injured victims were rushed to Jacobi Hospital.
Fire ravages a building at 3605 Holland ave. FDNY says 18 people were injured including 2 who were transported to local hospitals in critical condition. Witnesses on the street saw people jumping out of the windows trying to escape the flames. #1010WINS pic.twitter.com/QIen3Glk93
— Carol D'Auria (@CarolDAuria) March 6, 2019One of the injured was a firefighter and another was a member of the NYPD.
A neighbor said the fire started in the basement and soon engulged the three-story building.
Witnesses say people were jumping out of windows and landing on the hood of a car below.
The neighbor said one of the jumpers was an elderly woman, "When I came out and looked up, she was coming down and she hit the car."
There is no word yet on the fire's cause.
