A man spraying insecticide in his apartment accidentally started a three-alarm fire that sent smoke and flames through two floors of a six-story Yonkers apartment building Tuesday, fire officials said.
The Red Cross said 13 people from five apartments in the building were homeless. The man whose apartment the fire started in suffered burns to his feet and was hospitalized. A woman who suffers from asthma was taken to the hospital for treatment.
The fire in the 42-unit apartment building at 26 Post St. was reported at 12:42 p.m. Sixty firefighters brought the blaze under control by 1:18 p.m., Fire Chief William Fitzpatrick said.
A flame of some type ignited the insecticide, and the man ended up with burns on his feet, Fitzpatrick said.
Fire and smoke were shooting out of the second and third floors of the brick building and up to the fourth floor when firefighters arrived, the fire chief said. Firefighters had to help 30 people get out of the building.
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