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Fire officials say 28 firefighters and two civilians suffered minor injuries in an overnight fire at a six-story building in the Bronx.
The six-alarm fire broke out shortly after midnight Wednesday at 975 Walton Ave. near Yankee Stadium.
More than 200 firefighters battled the blaze during a hot and humid night.
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The blaze broke out on the upper floors of the Walton Avenue building at around 12:18 a.m.
The fire started on the sixth floor, spreading from apartment to apartment in the rear of the building. The roof quickly collapsed, forcing firefighters to scramble out of danger.
Heavy flames soon shot out the roof of the building, just two blocks from Yankee Stadium. Firefighters said a new roof was recently put down, and the fire spread on the rubbery substance.
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A few weeks ago, one of the fire bloggers (I’d swear it was Statter, but he says it wasn’t) was responding to a comment on the fire situation in (I think) Detroit. The blogger mentioned a book by Joe Flood, called “The Fires.” It traces the roots of urban planning — at least as it was constituted in NYC in the early 20th century and goes on to show how a conscious decision was made to let fire destroy areas like the South Bronx, Bed-Stuy, Bushwick, and Harlem… all the areas where the minorities lived and worked.
It’s a real eye-opener. I grew up in NYC in the 60s and 70s, and never thought to question the correlation of fires to urban renewal.
I found it used on Amazon for just a couple of bucks, but you could also get it from the library (if the politicians haven’t closed THEM along with the firehouses).