Elderly father and son seriously injured in blaze at cluttered SoHo home

An elderly father and son were seriously injured amid their own clutter as an inferno consumed their SoHo apartment late Monday night.

More than 100 firefighters rushed to save a 95-year-old man and his 70-year-old son after the fire erupted inside their fourth-floor apartment on Sullivan St. between Prince and Spring streets at 8:47 pm.

But the effort was stymied by narrow hallways filled with clutter, and the men were hauled unresponsive from the blaze, according to Deputy FDNY Chief Michael Barvels.

“There was an apartment with very tight hallways, which were full of clutter that delayed our access to the apartment,” he said.

One firefighter likened the apartment to the Harlem home owned by the infamous Collyers brothers, whose names are used by first responders as a byword when referring to dangerous hoarding conditions.

“It was a Collyers’ Mansion situation,” said the firefighter, who declined to give his name.

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Paramedics treated the father-son pair at the scene before rushing them to the hospital in critical condition, according to the Fire Department.

The pair had lived in the building for over 50 years, with the father working as the building’s super in the 1960s, according to neighbor Michael McDerman.

The son was a veteran and both men enjoyed controlled rents, McDerman said.

Another neighbor said he spotted medics giving the elderly victims CPR outside the building, adding that both men appeared appeared gravely injured.

“They didn’t look good, I can tell you that,” said Korey Benesh, 26, who lives on the same floor as the injured elders.

Despite the mess, smoke-eaters managed to quell the blaze and officials sounded the all-clear shortly before 11 p.m., the FDNY said.

One other resident and three fire fighters suffered minor injuries amidst the fire, according to Barvels.