Overview
- Fire officials say the blaze began around 5:45 a.m. in a basement unit on Jay Street.
- Ten people were hospitalized, including three children, and a man in his 50s was pulled from a bathroom in cardiac arrest and remains critical.
- A firefighter who rescued the trapped man was also treated at a hospital, according to local reports.
- Nassau County’s fire marshal said there were no working smoke detectors in the affected area and the owner received violations for missing or non-working alarms.
- Damage spanned all three floors, displacing an estimated 50 to 65 residents, as the cause remains under investigation by authorities.