Travis American
At 193 Wyckoff Ave., a rooftop fire started sometime before 3 p.m. on Tuesday, May 7. Firefighters arrived promptly while the fire spread to the roofs of the eastward adjacent buildings, 195 Wyckoff Ave. and 197 Wyckoff Ave. — the apartments above the restaurant, Sally Roots. Police on the scene told Bushwick Daily that it was likely an electrical fire, and tenants are vacating the apartments, many of which are now flooded.
NYPD’s Officer Duke said that “a lot of people were at work” during the fire, and nobody was hurt. Duke estimated that the tenants were evacuated for an hour to an hour-and-a-half. After that, some tenants of the top floors returned to their apartments to pack up their belongings.
The Red Cross is organizing housing in hotels in both Brooklyn and Queens, and one disaster relief worker said that it could take weeks until the residents of 193 Wyckoff Avenue can return to their homes. While standing on the street, you could see a large hole in the rooftop near the front of the building through the open door. Soot lined the entryway and water from the firefighters’ hoses could be heard dripping from the roof.
