3 Boys Die in Fire Caused by Stove Left on for Pesach
Fire caused by stovetop burners left on for Pesach killed three boys as it whipped through a Brooklyn apartment at 5:30am, a few hours after the family had gone to bed at the end of their Seder.
Ten other people were injured in the fire and were treated by Hatzoloh and Shomrim, including two sisters who jumped out a second-story window and three firefighters. The boys who died were two brothers, Shyia and Yidal Matyas, 15 and 13, and their 7-year-old nephew, Shlomi Falkowitz.
A fire official said that the Halacha of leaving a flame burning during Shabbos and Yom tov has caused 35 kitchen fires at Bedford Gardens, the 600-unit apartment complex in Williamsburg, in the last several months.
