NYC firefighter killed battling Brooklyn blaze
Source: AP
NEW YORK (AP) — A blaze broke out on an upper floor of a Brooklyn public-housing high-rise Saturday, trapping a New York City fire lieutenant who was overcome by smoke and later died.
Lt. Gordon Ambelas, 40, died at a hospital late Saturday night after the he was pulled from the building unconscious, said department spokesman Frank Gribbon. Ambelas was pronounced dead at Woodhull Medical Center just after 11 p.m.
It is the department's first line of duty death in more than two years and the 18th since 343 firefighters perished in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Two other firefighters were treated at Bellevue Hospital for minor injuries. Two residents received treatment at the scene for minor injuries.
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