Lafayette Ave. Fire Investigated

The early Wednesday morning fire on Lafayette Avenue in Brooklyn's Bed-Stuy neighborhood is being investigated by the fire department. According to NY1, "Fire marshals are focusing on the possibility that there were three separate fires sparked by electrical problems." (Yesterday, it was suspected that a manhole fire was the cause.) Apparently Con Ed was in the area, to check out a reportedly smoking service box, "But the utility says the service box is not connected to the buildings were the fire broke out." One resident said, "There was a Con Edison truck across the street and then you just heard this big boom and then the lights dimmed in the house, the TV went off, and then, when I went to the kitchen window to look out, you just saw this bright light." The Red Cross is sheltering the eight families whose homes were evacuated; some of the residents were alerted by a neighbor's barking pit bull.