BOROUGH PARK, Brooklyn (PIX11) — Multiple people were injured in a building fire in Brooklyn in which the windows were blocked by illegal bars on Wednesday, according to sources.
Sources say eight people were injured, including a 40-year-old who went into cardiac arrest at 6201 13 Ave. in Borough Park. Three victims were unable to go onto the fire escape because of the window bars, PIX11 was told.
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Firefighters had to try to get past rooms with raging fires to save the victims inside, sources said.
Sources tell PIX11 that window guards should be placed on the inside of a structure however, the building had all of its guards on the outside…