Fire At 543 E 21st St., Suspect In Custody
The FDNY is currently working to extinguish a fire on the fifth floor of a six story apartment building at 543 E. 21st St. between Ditmas and Dorchester Aves. A third floor resident says he only knew there was a fire because a neighbor was going door to door telling people to get out.
The FDNY Press says call came in at 2:51pm, and there are no reported injuries as of this time. We will keep you updated as soon as we have more information.
UPDATE: The fire was declared under control at 3:46pm, and no injuries were reported.
UPDATE 5:04 PM: Police have a suspect in custody who they believe may be responsible for the fire.
https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/324254938114961408
Neighbor Will Drane sent us pictures of the fire:
And some from Rikard Lindstedt:
@DPCornerblog here is another E 21st fire pic.twitter.com/fvu0hZSEJX
— Rikard K-l Lindstedt (@karl_ludvig) April 16, 2013
@DPCornerblog 21st fire pic.twitter.com/XxGWcxzR5j
— Rikard K-l Lindstedt (@karl_ludvig) April 16, 2013
@DPCornerblog 21 street fire pic.twitter.com/OuOSH5beG0
— Rikard K-l Lindstedt (@karl_ludvig) April 16, 2013
We will update as we learn more.