2 Children, Adult Killed In Fire

MYFOXNY.COM - A man and his two children were killed in a fire in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. The apartment on the top floor of the six-story building at 654 St. Mark's Avenue caught fire at around 12:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Fox 5 News reported on Wednesday that firefighters were delayed in getting to fire because they were went to the wrong address.

People who live in the neighborhood say they had to run to another block direct the fire trucks to the correct address.

Fire department officials say crews were on the scene three minutes after they were dispatched and the flames were put out about thirty minutes later.

Police say the victims are a 2-year-old, a 3-year-old and a 43-year-old. They were transported to a hospital where they later died.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.  A source told Fox 5 News that the investigation was centering on the possibility that burning incense sparked the fire.

The FDNY reviewed recordings of the dispatcher calls.

Wednesday evening the FDNY issued this statement:

"Fire Department units that responded to a fatal fire in Brooklyn this afternoon were not given a specific address. They were dispatched based on information from two 911 callers - both via cell phones - reporting a fire in the vicinity of Rogers Avenue and Prospect Avenue. Units arrived at that location in just over 3 minutes - and learned upon their arrival at the callers' location that the fire was around the corner. The units immediately proceeded to that location and initiated fire rescue and suppression operations.  They did not respond to a wrong address. They responded to the location provided by both calls to 911."
-Frank Gribbon, FDNY Spokesperson