Fire on East 7th

A heroic Brooklyn man tossed three kids out a third-floor window this morning after a fire ripped through his home, averting a tragedy that could have taken the lives of the 13 people living inside, fire officials said.

The three-alarm blaze began around 7:25 a.m. on the first floor at 451 East 7th Street and Avenue C in Kensington and quickly spread to the top two floors.

Mohammed Qasim, 46, a father of three who lived in the home with his sister and her six kids, said he awoke to the screams of children.

"I woke up because of the screaming," he said. "I don't know what caused the fire, but I called 911. I had to throw my kids out the from the attic top window."