Two firefighters had been critically injured when an enormous blaze engulfed the NYPD’s auto impound in Brooklyn Tuesday morning destroying a litany of automobiles, many thought of to be proof in crimes.
Fireplace officers stated the three-alarm fireplace that began round 10:37am on the Erie Basin Auto Pound on Columbia Avenue in Pink Hook, Brooklyn.
Greater than 30 models had been deployed and 140 firefighters responded.
The NYPD makes use of the auto pound to home unlawful filth bikes and ATVs cops seize from metropolis streets. Automobiles which are proof in crime investigations, equivalent to automobiles that victims had been shot inside, are stored there as nicely, The Each day Information reported.
Fireplace officers stated the three-alarm fireplace that began round 10:37am on the Erie Basin Auto Pound on Columbia Avenue in Pink Hook, Brooklyn
Automobiles which are proof in crime investigations, equivalent to automobiles that victims had been shot inside, are housed on the web site, together with unlawful filth bikes and ATVs cops have seized from metropolis streets
Greater than 30 models had been deployed and 140 firefighters responded to the fiery blaze
In 2012, the identical auto pound facility was hit throughout Hurricane Sandy, and proof was ruined, sources stated, The New York Put up reported.
A few of the automobiles that had been set ablaze embody autos that carried officers who had been killed within the line-of-duty. The squad automotive that officer Eddie Byrne, who was shot in 1988 whereas he was sitting in his automotive, is on the lot, in addition to the automotive the place officer Miosotis Familia was killed execution-style inside in 2017.
The reason for the hearth continues to be unknown.
In 2012, the identical auto pound facility was hit throughout Hurricane Sandy, and proof was ruined, sources stated, The New York Put up reported.
