Schenectady NY Fire Dept-Massive Fire 3/6/15

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Schenectady fire dept was called to 100,102,104 Jay St. around 2:30am for a massive fire with people trapped.  Crews found heavy fire conditions were they arrived. A total of 40 family's are left homless, 7 people were taken to the hosptal,one was then flown to Westchester Burn Center, and another of the  injured jumped from the 5th floor to the street below and was said to have massive injurys. As of 7am this morning crews were still on scene fightting the fire and several M.A. depts were called in to help and to cover the city.  What made this hard to fight was the cold temps that were around 4 degrees with a windchill of -5.  Photo is from wten and the youtube link is from a bystander

 

http://youtu.be/r2tDbx1lxm8