A five-alarm fire swept through a Manhattan apartment complex, displacing more than 40 inhabitants.
Residents and surrounding business owners are struggling to cope after the six-story building in Hamilton Heights caught fire Friday afternoon, depriving them of their homes and personal items and raising concerns about their ability to recover.
“I lost everything, most importantly my medications. I’m glad I did not die from the fire but one or two days without my medication, I hope I don’t die from that,” said Theresa Yiu, 70, a 45-year resident who shares her three-bedroom with family and her asthmatic husband.
Yiu, a diabetic who is without insulin, stated that this is the second time the building had caught fire. She now fears she will become homeless after her family leaves the hotel where they were temporarily housed after the fire.