Trio pulled to safety during NYC apartment fire

FDNY firefighters rescued three residents — along with two cats and a dog — who got trapped inside a Lower Manhattan apartment when a blaze broke out Tuesday, officials said.

The blaze broke out just after 2:30 p.m. in the living room of the apartment at 625 FDR Drive on the Lower East Side, forcing the two women and man to barricade themselves in one of the bedrooms, FDNY Battalion Chief Thomas Haughney said. “They were cut off from their escape and the apartment started to fill up with smoke,” Haughney said.