latoya samuels believed it started on her porch around 6 little sister. i grabbed the three boys and we started running down the steps. i started skipping steps and i was out the door. >> with power lines close by and smoke heavy, 21 of the 250 responding firefighters were injured. >> it's debilitating on our firefighters. it's very debilitating on the residents. >> it's hard to breathe. >> reporter: currently there are two open complaints with the building's department for work being done on electrical wires on the second story of this locatio trying to determine what caused the fire. we're live in the st. george section of staten island, ali bauman cbs2 news. >>> police are on the hunt for a slasher on the upper west side. officers with a k-9 were trying to track the man yesterday in riverside park. that's a few blocks from the crime scene at broadway and 79th street. police say a good samaritan was slashed in the arm when he tried to break up a fight between the suspect and a father with a small child. the victim's injury was not serious. park. >>> a c