From the NY Daily News:
Survivors of the apartment fire are helped by a memeber of the NYPD.
More than 60 families from three buildings on the block were taken to a nearby shelter. The Red Cross was trying to find Mandarin interpreters since many of the displaced residents spoke only Chinese, officials said.
From NY Newsday:
Sixty families, totaling nearly 250 people, were evacuated and took shelter at Hamilton-Madison House, a nearby charity, said Rosemary Mackey, a Red Cross spokeswoman.
One neighbor, a third-floor resident of a building adjacent to 22 James St., said she looked out the window of her apartment and saw a man in the burning building.
“The guy was breaking the window and calling for help,” said the woman, who gave only her last name, Xian. “He looked like he was about to jump.”
Xian said that when her 24 James St. building was evacuated because of the fire she got dressed and left with her 9-month-old baby and 3-year-old child. She took refuge at Hamilton-Madison House where residents of 22, 24 and 47 St. James St. were being helped by the Red Cross.
