STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. (PIX11) — A Staten Island home was destroyed in an early morning fire Friday, leaving three firefighters with minor injuries and neighbors shaken by the chaotic scene.
PIX11’s Cory McGinnis reports firefighters were called to the home on Norwalk Avenue just after 5 a.m. Crews arrived within minutes but were met with heavy smoke and intense flames that quickly engulfed the structure.
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Air 11 captured dramatic images of thick smoke and towering flames ripping through the home before sunrise. By dawn, the residence was reduced to rubble, a child’s car seat, toys, and other personal belongings scattered among the charred debris. Even the siding of a neighboring house had melted from the intense heat.
Neighbors say they woke to chaos, rushing to alert others on the block as the fire spread…