A middle-aged woman died today after her Brooklyn apartment went up in flames, officials said.
Shari Pasternak, 50, was apparently smoking in bed at about 7:30 a.m. when something caught fire inside her Neptune Avenue apartment in Coney Island, police sources said.
Seventy five firefighters quickly responded to the 22nd-floor apartment and extinguished the blaze about 40 minutes later, officials said.
Pasternak was rushed to Coney Island Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
Two firefighters were treated for minor injuries at the same hospital
The New York City Fire Department has not yet determined where in the apartment the fire started.
Her Levaya is scheduled for Sunday morning.
hi mr. levin, i strongly suggest you contact me, Ilana pasternak, Shari's daughter, at 718 564 0175.
ReplyDeleteU need to rewrite this column - This was a tragic electrical fire... There was no cigarette lite - so u need to retrack what was said here. She put no one indanger.. This was not my sisters fault.. but maybe the building needs to be checked out...
ReplyDeleteI think you need to update especially since you have such high morals and standards
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