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B’klyn man fired for not calling into work after Sandy his destroyed home: lawsuit

Sandy took his home — and then his boss took his job!

A Brooklyn man was fired by a fire protection company after he failed to call into work following the hurricane — despite the fact his home was destroyed, a new lawsuit charges.

Antonio Rojas, 26, who worked since July as a dispatcher at Academy Fire Protection in Maspeth, Queens, was told by his company hours before the storm that workers didn’t have to come in the next day, according to the suit filed by well-known employment attorneys, Matthew Blit and Russell Moriarty.

After the storm lambasted the eastern seaboard on Monday night, Rojas’s Sheepshead Bay home lost electricity and was destroyed by massive flooding, the papers allege.

Even his car was ruined, the documents state.

“We had no power and no landline. But before my cell phone conked out, I sent two texts to coworkers about my situation,” said Rojas. “I was stuck all day Tuesday in my house and I had no way to get in touch with the company.”

Throughout Tuesday, Rojas allegedly had no access to a landline or email, and his cell phone had no signal and the battery was dying.

Finally, on Wednesday, he says he got through to his office and promised that he would rent a car on Thursday to make it in. But the company told him he was fired because he had not contacted them earlier, court papers say.

Despite his bad luck, Rojas is trying to keep upbeat.

“I lost a lot but I’m just happy to be alive.”

Academy Fire Protection did not immediately have a comment.