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Staten Island house fire leaves 22 firefighters injured, 3 critically

Twenty-two firefighters who responded to a massive house fire in Staten Island, N.Y. were injured, three of them critically, after flames engulfed much of the two-family house. The New York Fire Department (FDNY) said the firefighters would be okay but that it could have been much worse. “We could have lost three of our members today,” said FDNY Commissioner Laura Kavanagh. “But it was thanks to our brave members including those who went in and saved their fellow firefighters, rescued the trapped members, brought them to EMS, who treated them immediately, and brought them to hospital who treated them right away, which is why we are here to say that they are stable while critical but that they are going to be okay.” Officials said the windows in the building failed and the wind blew the flames at the firefighters. One was able to jump from a second-storey balcony while the other transmitted a mayday signal that he was in distress, Chief of Department John Hodges said. A third firefighter was hit in the head by falling plaster, which knocked his mask off resulting in him taking in “a good amount of smoke.” For more info, please go to https://globalnews.ca Subscribe to Global News Channel HERE: http://bit.ly/20fcXDc Like Global News on Facebook HERE: http://bit.ly/255GMJQ Follow Global News on Twitter HERE: http://bit.ly/1Toz8mt Follow Global News on Instagram HERE: https://bit.ly/2QZaZIB #GlobalNews