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Link to videoThirty-eight people were hurt, with two suffering life-threatening injuries, after a fire broke out inside a 37-story building in Manhattan on Saturday.
The FDNY reported that a three-alarm fire erupted from the battery of a micro-mobility device - an e-scooter or an e-bike - at around 10:30am on the 20th floor of an apartment building at 429 East 52nd Street.
Officials said at least two dozen residents rushed to the roof while others hung out of their windows to try and escape the fire.
Harrowing video on social media shows the moment firefighters quickly worked to perform a rope rescue of two people clinging from the building.
A team of firefighters are seen pulling a woman out of a smoking window on the 20th floor as they secure her to their rope.
One of the firefighters could be seen heroically giving up his own mask to the woman so she could breathe while surrounded by plumes of smoke.
They then lower her slowly to the window below, where another group of firefighters grab her and bring her to safety, all within the span of a single minute.
'That is a last resort from the FDNY,' Deputy Assistant Chief Frank Leeb said of the rescue.
At least two people were reported to have sustained life-threatening injuries, with five others listed with severe injuries.
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Link to videoThirty-eight people were hurt, with two suffering life-threatening injuries, after a fire broke out inside a 37-story building in Manhattan on Saturday.
The FDNY reported that a three-alarm fire erupted from the battery of a micro-mobility device - an e-scooter or an e-bike - at around 10:30am on the 20th floor of an apartment building at 429 East 52nd Street.
Officials said at least two dozen residents rushed to the roof while others hung out of their windows to try and escape the fire.
Harrowing video on social media shows the moment firefighters quickly worked to perform a rope rescue of two people clinging from the building.
A team of firefighters are seen pulling a woman out of a smoking window on the 20th floor as they secure her to their rope.
One of the firefighters could be seen heroically giving up his own mask to the woman so she could breathe while surrounded by plumes of smoke.
They then lower her slowly to the window below, where another group of firefighters grab her and bring her to safety, all within the span of a single minute.
'That is a last resort from the FDNY,' Deputy Assistant Chief Frank Leeb said of the rescue.
At least two people were reported to have sustained life-threatening injuries, with five others listed with severe injuries.
