A New York City landlord is being accused of lighting his own townhouse on fire after the upstairs tenants stopped paying rent and refused to move out.
Fire marshals in New York City have arrested a Brooklyn man who allegedly set a house on fire with a family of tenants inside – after they reportedly stopped paying rent and refused to move out. It happened on Forbell Street around 5:15 a.m. on Sept. 26, according to the New York City Fire Department. Authorities allege that landlord Rafiqul Islam lit the fire in the stairwell with a family of eight upstairs.
caller reported seeing smoke and a fire on the first floor of a two-story building. There were two adults and six children inside at the time, according to the FDNY. They all escaped alive, but seven people were hospitalized with minor injuries. Trapped by the burning stairs, the father reportedly threw four of his children into the hands of neighbors out a rear window, according to amNY, a local newspaper. Firefighters rescued the other two as the parents jumped out.
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