Disturbed tenant who terrorized NYC apartment for months set building ablaze, tried to trap neighbors inside: sources, residents

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Disturbed tenant who terrorized NYC apartment for months set building ablaze, tried to trap neighbors inside: sources, residents
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Fire breaks out in Bushwick apartment

The suspected arsonist even tried to block the front door of the building to keep tenants from getting to safety as flames engulfed the four-story walkup shortly before 3 a.m., witnesses told The Post.

US authorities learned of potential Iranian assassination plot against Trump weeks before deadly shooting “And he rushed me,” he said. “I froze and just hit him and dropped him. He ran inside to get a knife and when he came back out I grabbed a broom just to keep from getting stabbed, and I said, ‘Yo, chill!'”Dramatic images from the fire at 127 Evergreen Avenue in Brooklyn show tenants fleeing the flames with children and pets.“He was going nuts,” he said. “And then he had the door blocked from the inside, the front door of the building.

A spokesperson for ICL confirmed Tuesday that it placed a tenant in the building but would not identify the client, It is not clear if it is the individual suspected of setting the fire.

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