A man has been arrested after a firefighter was seriously injured during a fire in a marijuana grow house in the Bronx on Sunday night.
The fire started shortly before 9 p.m. on the third floor of the building on 1656 Mayflower Avenue in Pelham Bay.
The fire was in the cockloft, the area between the ceiling and the roof, but investigators will be looking at the grow house on the third floor.
Firefighter Thomas J. Corcoran was attempting to get to the roof to fight the flames when he fell 30 feet off an extension ladder, striking the pavement below.
FDNY Commissioner Daniel Nigro reported Corcoran was in serious but stable condition and was conscious after the fall.
Corcoran, who is a married father of three with 12 years of experience, underwent surgery at Jacobi Hospital on Monday after suffering multiple broken bones.