Raw video footage from a four-alarm apartment fire in the Bronx earlier this week captured an FDNY firefighter having to bail out from a top-floor window to avoid flames.
The fire broke out just after 8:10 a.m. at a six-story apartment building in the University Heights neighborhood. More than 165 firefighters from nearly 40 units responded to the call amid thunderstorms and heavy wind gusts.
A video posted on YouTube by City Streets shows a firefighter rolling into an aerial bucket to escape flames shooting through a window (the bailout can be seen at around the 0:30 mark). The fire also collapsed a ceiling, forcing firefighters out of those apartments.
Five firefighters were injured battling the blaze, with two firefighters suffering serious injuries. Two civilians also were injured in the fire, but they refused medical attention.
The fire was finally brought under control after about two hours, according to City Streets.
