The Fire Department says that a faulty extension cord sparked the early morning five-alarm fire in a Chinatown tenement yesterday morning. The blaze started in the 3rd floor apartment of Tony Wong, 33, who was found dead by firefighters, and his girlfriend Anna Luu, also 33, who died later at a hospital. Three other people were seriously hurt, nine firefighters also suffered injuries, and dozens of people—about 60 families from the building at 22 James Street as well as two others—were evacuated. A fire official told the NY Times, "The building had no fire alarm. It is a very old building. By code it would not be required to," and many tenants escaped by heading to the roof, where some jumped to neighboring roofs.