Early Monday morning, a three-story brownstone home in Brooklyn caught fire.  The home is located on Putnam Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant.

Fire officials and investigators say the fire that left several injured started at the top floor of the house.  One of the home’s occupants had to shimmy down a rope to escape the fire and a second was rescued and carried out of the fire by firefighter Peter Demontreux.

Authorities reported that six people had to be treated for minor injures, three people were transported to a nearby hospital suffering from severe burns and smoke inhalation, and four firefighters were injured in the fire.

If you or someone you love has been injured by a fire on someone else’s property, contact the Queens fire injury lawyers of Parker Waichman Alonso LLP at 1-888-244-2273 to learn more about your rights.