Cat rescued from sealed, fire-damaged building in East Williamsburg
DOB and other city agencies were at 927 Grand St. the day after a third-alarm blaze tore through the building. Inspectors found that the fire damaged two neighboring buildings located at 931 and 933 Grand St.
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The Department of Buildings says a cat was rescued from a sealed-off, fire-damaged building in East Williamsburg.
DOB and other city agencies were at 927 Grand St. the day after a third-alarm blaze tore through the building. Inspectors found that the fire damaged two neighboring buildings located at 931 and 933 Grand St.
DOB says it issued full vacate orders for all three buildings.
Officials say 927 Grand St. suffered a rear wall collapse during the fire Sunday night, which left three firefighters injured. DOB inspectors ruled the building structurally unstable and ordered a full demolition.
DOB issued an immediate emergency declaration to seal all three buildings with a construction fence to keep the public out of harm's way.
The next day, DOB says its forensic engineers returned to the site to perform additional inspections of the buildings. A couple who lived at 931 Grand St. told them their cat was still inside the sealed building.
Officials rushed inside to rescue the cat and it was reunited with its owners.
