26 NY firehouses have been forced to close after firefighters refused to get vaccinated as seven-year-old dies in blaze and union warns lives are at risk

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• A total of 26 New York firehouses have been forced to close after firefighters refused to get vaccinated ahead of Mayor Bill de Blasio's Friday deadline, which is when all workers had to report at least one dose of the shoto
• The FDNY stations that closed 'due to no manpower' include six in Manhattan, nine in Brooklyn, three in Queens, four in the Bronx and four in Staten Island
• On Friday De Blasio and FDNY Commissioner Daniel Nigro warned that the effects of the closures could 'endanger the lives' of city residents
• De Blasio announced in a tweet that on Saturday alone, in the 24 hours since the deadline, 2,300 more workers got the shot meaning 91 percent of city workers are now vaccinated
• The news came the same day Robert Resto, seven, was killed and his grandmother, 54, were seriously hurt in a deadly house fire that started in the basement of their Washington Heights home
• The blaze happened around 1.30am Saturday and injured three more people inside the home, including a firefighter and the young boy's father

A total of 26 New York firehouses have been forced to close after firefighters refused to get vaccinated ahead of Mayor Bill de Blasio's Monday deadline - and a seven-year-old boy died the following day as departments saw major staff shortages.

The Uniformed Firefighters Association revealed a list of FDNY stations that 'have close due to no manpower' and it includes six in Manhattan, nine in Brooklyn, three in Queens, four in the Bronx and four in Staten Island.

On Friday FDNY Commissioner Daniel Nigro warned that the effects of the closures could be catastrophic and 'endanger the lives' of city residents.

A day later Robert Resto, 7, was killed and his 54-year-old grandmother were seriously hurt after a deadly blaze engulfed their Washington Heights home around 1.30am Saturday.

Although an FDNY spokesman told the FDNY that the firefighters' response time was not impacted by the 10,951 firefighters who have yet to get vaccinated, just yesterday firefighters were reportedly calling out sick to avoid unpaid leave.

'Is there a sickout?' Not to my knowledge no,' Andrew Ansbro of the Uniformed Firefighters Association said.

The grandmother was rushed to Jacobi Medical Center in serious condition.

Neighbors remembered the young boy as 'sweet (and) joyful,' adding that he was 'always reading, holding the door, smiling,' according to the New York Post.

FDNY officials said the apartment started in the back of the house's basement - located at 660 West 178th Street - and spread to the first floor.

Three other people inside the house - including one firefighter and the boy's father, according to a GoFundMe page - also suffered minor injuries and were taken to New York Presbyterian-Columbia Hospital.

All municipal workers have been ordered to show proof of at least one dose of the vaccine by 5pm Friday or risk being placed on unpaid leave come Monday.

And despite 26 stations being shuddered today, the FDNY has said it is not...

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