At Least 30 Homeless In Kiryas Joel Fire

At least 30 Satmar hasidim are homeless tonight after fire ravaged their multi-family condominium at 6 Premishlan Way in Kiryas Joel this afternoon. More than 75 firefighters from seven area fire companies worked in the frigid cold to try to put out the five-alarm fire, which started at approximately 1:30 pm.

 

At Least 30 Homeless In Kiryas Joel Fire
Shmarya Rosenberg • FailedMessiah.com

At least 30 Satmar hasidim are homeless tonight after fire ravaged their multi-family condominium at 6 Premishlan Way in Kiryas Joel this afternoon.

More than 75 firefighters from seven area fire companies reportedly worked in the frigid cold to try to put out the five-alarm fire, which started at approximately 1:30 pm.

Several empty Kiryas Joel school buses with heat turned on high were brought to the scene for firefighters to use to warm up and de-ice.

“It looked like an electrical fire, but it's not confirmed,” Chief Joshua Blumenthal of the Kiryas Joel Fire Department told the Times Herald-Record.

Six families lived in the building, which was built in 2005. Five escaped unharmed. The sixth family was out of the country when the fire happened.

No firefighters were injured fighting the blaze.

Kiryas Joel’s Public Safety Department head Moses Witriol said the fire was devastating for the families.

“They lost everything,” he said. He also told the paper that volunteers were working to get each family food and clothing, and said each family already had a place to sleep for tonight.

At about 5:30 pm the fire was still burning.

Comments

[ah-pee-chorus]

just horrible. at least nobody was hurt.

[S M L]

Yes, fortunate all were unhurt. Was this a legally subdivided building I wonder....

[old time brooklyn]

what about the guy who was runover when he fell off the garbage truck - his kids tears and loss of a father do not matter? - not a word for him and family nor a dime but rapist gets a trust fund

[John Nagle, Silicon Valley, CA]

Google Earth shows this as one of many identical six-unit buildings in a new subdivision. Zillow values a unit at $77,000. There are more units under construction nearby, so you can see how they're being built. The units under construction show a concrete pad with what appear to be fire barriers between the first floor units. Not clear if the fire barriers are up to code, though.

With six units in one building, this is occupancy group J-2 (apartments/condos, basically), and "buildings classified in occupancy group J-2 with four or more dwelling units" are supposed to have sprinklers, per N.Y. ADC. LAW § 27-954 : NY Code - Section 27-954: Required sprinklers.

Everybody got out safely, so they at least had enough fire protection and alarms that nobody got trapped.

[ET]

John Nagle: You're quoting New York City code. Kiryas Joel is well outside NYC and subject to STATE building code. These look to be R2's. Any building constructed after 2002 with an R fire area requires sprinklers.

[contra apion]

how is it pronounced. "Hashgacha Prattit" Its G-d's will. some thing along the lines of Allah Akbar,. maybe a warning to start reigning in your chardei paedophiles and crooked beiss dinn;s .

[Ze'ev]

contra apion, bite your tongue, lest you sound like those who blame hurricanes on gays.

[different dave]

old time Brooklyn what are you talking about stay on the subject those are the rules of the blog, this is about a fire not a garbage truck and molesters unless you assume all charaidim kill people with garbage trucks and are all molesters if that's the case grow the hell up

[anon]

....with an R fire area requires sprinklers.

Except if you get a variance which everyone in KJ does to save 25 grand.

[fraudster]

Shmars.
You good and 'heart bleeding' liberal non-frum JEW.
Did you send them any money? Did you start a campaign to help human beings to rebuilt their homes?
I guess not.
So why don't you just become frum again? Your mayaswell.

[Ex-zionist]

They are not truly homeless. Satmarer Chassidim are well known for taking care of each other. Every one of them found a warm bed, good food, and changes of clothing. Those who weren't insured will be taken care of by the community.

That is not the way it works in secular America or even the secular sector in "Israel."

[jancsibacsi]

fraudster-Di tohes lecker lek dayn rebbes tohes

[jancsibacsi]

Ex-zionist -You are lier in the secular world they are also taken care of put into a hottel and fed, you lier shameless full of hate lier

[fraudster]

Di tohes lecker lek dayn rebbes tohes

Ba ins, lekked men fin fornt.
By us they lick the front.
Comon down and have some.

[jancsibacsi]

fraudster-Ih mein az melekt fin baide zaten:)
By you they lick from both sides with all that zombie shtick acting like robots with youre tayeren rebbe worshiping him.

[Devorah]

"Those who weren't insured will be taken care of by the community."

Oy, get ready for the fraud. They will all claim they lost hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of precious items and will present fake invoices or will borrow invoices from other people.

[jancsibacsi]

Devorah-Oy ye the poorest will now claim he or she lost half a million or more but no one will connect the 2 dots so they will be successfull why not the goyim are ignoramoces and they are they brilliant ones

[old time brooklyn]

old time Brooklyn what are you talking about ..... are all molesters if that's the case grow the hell up

Posted by: different dave | January 24, 2013 at 07:25 AM

i never said a chassid hit the garbage truck nor did anyone else - hmmm how do you know. this is connected as the chassids take care of themselves only -that is my point and you are in no position to tell me sh-t. i drove by today -i have a vacaton home near kj and lots of shennanigans go on.

[Yet Another Anonymous Coward]

Which is more ignorant?

The person whom acts in good faith?

Or the person whom takes advantage of that first person's good faith?

Inquiring minds want to know.

Just sayan'.

[king Sol]

Devorah .if you would of worked for the shturmer u wouldn't be alive anymore