Brooklyn Boy Dies in Fire, Five Other Children Wounded

An 8 year-old boy was killed in a fire that broke out at around 9:30 p.m. tonight at 1118 Avenue P in Midwood, Brooklyn. The fire was knocked down around 11 p.m. by the more than 130 firefighters who responded, but Avigdor Krasney was trapped on the top floor of a three-story residential building and perished. Six other children, ages ranging from 1 to 10 years, were critically wounded. The New York Times is reporting that about 20 people had just sat down to celebrate the end of the Jewish holiday Sukkot when the fire started.