3 Hurt in 2-Alarm
Blaze at Harlem
Housing Complex
1010WINS 11/13/09
When firefighters
arrived at the Polo
Grounds housing
complex Friday
afternoon, flames
were shooting from a
seventh floor
apartment, officials
say.
Battalion Chief
Raymond Sessa says
the weather made the
blaze difficult to
fight.
"The wind was a
factor in this
fire," Sessa said. "
We had a heavy wind
condition blowing
fire back into the
apartment so we
deployed our fire
blanket and it
helped
tremendously."
Firefighters were
eventually able to
move into the
apartment and
extinguish the
two-alarm blaze.
Officials say one
firefighter and two
civilians sustained
minor injuries.
The fire was
contained to the
apartment where it
started.
The cause of the
blaze is under
investigation.
