Metadish, Fresh from NYC

There’s not much we can think of that’s scarier than being trapped in a tall ass building having to try and panic down the fire escape while the building is going up in flames. Well, not much that doesn’t involve Star Jones and a meatlovers pizza anyway. Last night a Bronx hi-rise caught fire and sent hundreds of people fleeing into the streets to avoid the smoke and flames.

“It’s one of the nastiest fires I’ve seen in a long time,” one FDNY official said.

And just so traditional clichés wouldn’t feel left out, one distraught woman screamed out, “My baby!”

The three-alarm blaze broke out on the first floor of the 13-story building at 1749 Grand Concourse in Tremont shortly before 9 p.m. and quickly spread to the hallways, sending thick, black smoke into the stairwells.

The blaze spread quickly because the front door of the apartment where it started had been left open, officials said.

Well that makes total sense considering it was a balmy 30 degrees out last night. Why wouldn’t you leave the front door wide open? We’re not sure if anyone’s called bullshit on this story yet but we actually put in a call to him last night and he is definitely thinking foul play.

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