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    Wind Hampers FDNY Firefighters' Efforts at Bronx Building Blaze

    Jan. 16, 2025
    The wind pushed the fire across the common cockloft, FDNY Chief of Operations Kevin Woods said.

    Firefighters battled the wind as they tackled a four-alarm fire in the Bronx Wednesday night.

    One of the 180 FDNY firefighters suffered a minor injury, but no residents were injured, abc 7 reported.

    "The main challenge this evening besides the amount of fire was the wind," said FDNY Chief of Operations Kevin Woods. "Whenever it's windy the fire travels with the wind and the wind had a major impact on this fire pushing the fire across that common cockloft and that cockloft extends or expands every apartment it's undivided in the roof space there."

    There were no rescues during the incident that remains under investigation. 

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    Susan Nicol | News Editor

    Susan Nicol is the news editor for Firehouse.com. She is a life member and active with the Brunswick Volunteer Ambulance & Rescue Company, Oxford Fire Company and Brunswick Vol. Fire Co. Susie has been an EMT in Maryland since 1976. Susie is vice-president of the Frederick County Fire/Rescue Museum. She is on the executive committee of Frederick County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association. She also is part of the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems (MIEMSS) Region II EMS Council. Susie is a board member of the American Trauma Society, Maryland Division. Prior to joining the Firehouse team, she was a staff writer for The Frederick News-Post, covering fire, law enforcement, court and legislative issues. 

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