A firefighter whose head and back became covered in flames as he battled a blaze at a Brooklyn brownstone escaped from a third-floor window Monday morning, but with burns over 45 percent of his body.
By JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN and BETH KORMANIK, NY Times: Local
Mon, 12/19/2011 - 8:20pm
A firefighter whose head and back became covered in flames as he battled a blaze at a Brooklyn brownstone escaped from a third-floor window Monday morning, but with burns over 45 percent of his body.