Original Article on Gothamist

A four-alarm fire ripped through a SoHo loft building early this morning, leaving three families homeless. The fire began just before 4 a.m. inside 82 Greene Street and spread quickly, causing a section of the second floor to collapse atop firefighters who were trying to put it out the blaze. According to MyFoxNY, 168 firefighters responded to the fire, which erupted in a building near the corner of Spring Street that contains a retail location for the Swedish bed company Hastens. In fact, the furniture company's displays might have helped keep firefighters safe when the floor collapsed, FDNY Deputy Assistant Chief Jack Mooney told NY1: It was about a 20 to 30 foot section of a hung ceiling ... It was plaster attached to a wood frame, attac...(read more)