A lucky dog was back in its grateful owner’s arms Friday after firefighters pulled it from an apartment threatened by inferno that began at a Midtown sushi eatery.
“The Fire Department went in there and found him and brought him out to me,” said the owner, who gave only her first name, Alex.
More than 100 firefighters battled the blaze that began at 10:50 a.m. in Ginza Sushi on East 35th Street near Second Avenue and spread to an apartment above an adjacent bodega, the FDNY said.
Nine firefighters and a civilian received minor injuries, an FDNY spokesman said, adding the fire began in a shed in the restaurant.
Residents of the other apartments above the fire fled the smoke and flames.
“Our two cats are nowhere to be found, and we have no idea in what condition they’ll even be found,” one tenant said.