'Collyer'-style hoarding may have caused Friday's Court Street fire

Six people were injured ? though two were heroically rescued ? as a massive fire ripped through a Court Street building on Friday morning ? a blaze that was fueled by years and years of hoarding, officials said.
An FDNY spokesman said the 7:40 am fire quickly spread through the three-story building at the corner of Garnet Street, home of Botanica de la Milagrosa, which sells Christian statues and other religious items.
Battling back heavy flames, Firefighter Nathanael Igbowu of Red Hook's Ladder Company 131 saved a man who was trapped on a second-floor fire escape. He and his fellow smoke eaters also rescued building owner Milagro Vasquez, who was found unconscious in her second-floor apartment.



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