Two Residents Died in a Dyker Heights Fire This Morning
Twenty-two year old resident, Joanna Mei set a fire in the third floor hallway of 6709 – 11th Avenue because garbage was piling up there. Mei used an accelerant to create the fire. She tried to put the fire out, but wasn’t able to.
Two of Mei’s neighbors were killed in the fire, Xi Huang, 58, and Feng Xu, 56. (RIP…..this is so sad).
Although many residents escaped through the fire escape, seven were injured including a four year old girl and a three month old boy who were taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation. There were no working smoke detectors in the buiding. Mei was charged with murder and arson.
See story here
Hugs,
marlene
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