by Jess Wisloski
A fast-moving blaze in a Brooklyn apartment building left two tenants with serious injuries Sunday, fire officials said.
Firefighters rushed into the first-floor flat of the building on Hawthorne St. in Prospect- Lefferts Gardens just before 4 p.m. and were able to carry the couple to safety, neighbors and FDNY officials said.
"They broke all the windows and pulled them out," said Annette Moore, 49, an upstairs neighbor. "The apartment is completely destroyed."
A female victim was taken to New York-Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell, where she is in critical condition with burns, officials said.
A man, who suffered burns and smoke inhalation, was taken to Staten Island University Hospital and is in stable condition.
Investigators suspect the blaze started with a lighted cigarette.
There were no smoke detectors in the apartment, FDNY officials said.
"They're very nice people, a very nice couple," Moore said.
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