VIDEO: The FDNY has called out the drivers of two cars parked near fire hydrants, saying they slowed down the agencyโs response to a deadly fire in Brooklyn early Sunday morning. โSeconds count in an emergency. Keeping fire hydrants unobstructed helps firefighters respond quickly,โ the FDNY wrote on X. On one of the cars, etched out in snow, appears to be the words โGET OFF HYDRANT.โ A 37-year-old man was killed in the fire that broke out in a residential building on 80th Street in Bay Ridge around 3:30 a.m., fire officials said. A 34-year-old woman and a 2-year-old boy were critically injured and taken to NYU Langone Brooklyn, according to the FDNY.
