Two siblings were killed Monday after their home in Queens burst into flames. The FDNY said the fire was started by an e-bike battery. TimMcNicholas reports.
hours after smoke billowed over the neighborhood and people who live in the home cried out for help. Alafogiannis said he and two other neighbors helped a few people escape through a window.
"We caught 'em as they went out," he said."You gotta help people in need. That's it. I didn't even think." Firefighters said a total of six people were in the home: a father and five other family members, including the two siblings who died. The FDNY said the e-bike that sparked the fire was near the front door, and the family couldn't escape through that door because of the explosive nature of e-bike fires.
"If this was not an e-bike fire, most likely we would have been able to put this fire out without incident," said FDNY Chief of Dept. John Hodgens.
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