The five-alarm fireplace tore via the six-story building in Sunnyside on Wednesday round midday. An investigation is underway, and officers have deemed the usage of an unauthorized blowtorch as the reason for the hearth.
Dozens of households are actually with out a home proper earlier than the Christmas vacation. Among these affected embrace Sylvester and Cookie, a pair of cat siblings.
Pictures present Sylvester on the hearth escape earlier than he bought scared and jumped six tales, hit the highest of a automotive and ran. Cookie stayed placed on the ledge and was rescued by the FDNY.
A neighbor finally discovered Sylvester and introduced him again to his very grateful house owners.
“If I get my cats, that is all I need proper now, simply to be with them. I’m simply glad they’re right here,” mentioned Teresa Ventura, their proprietor. “They’re the most effective Christmas presents, these two.”
Sylvester and Cookie’s household are staying at a lodge within the meantime, and after a checkup with a vet, the brother and sister are mentioned to be doing okay.
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