Overview
- Flames broke out just before 2 a.m. inside the Seder Matzoh factory at 1285 36th Street in Brooklyn.
- Roughly 30 minutes after arrival, a rear collapse trapped a firefighter who was rescued by a Firefighter Assist Search Team and hospitalized with serious burns to his hands in stable condition.
- Three civilians in a neighboring building, including a 2-year-old, were injured and taken to local hospitals.
- The FDNY mounted a multi-alarm response with about 140 to 175 personnel and knocked down the main body of fire by around 3:20 a.m.
- City officials issued full vacate orders for the bakery and an adjacent property, and the cause remains under investigation.