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FDNY Firefighters Injured During 5-Alarm Fire In Brooklyn
NEW YORK - New York City firefighters say a 5-alarm fire in a two-story building that housed a church downstairs tore through three other buildings in Brooklyn.
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The FDNY says 168 firefighters responded to the 4:20 a.m. fire in the Brownsville section.
Five firefighters suffered minor injuries. There were taken to a hospital for evaluation.
The fire started on the second floor of the Clarkson Avenue building and quickly spread to three other buildings, which were evacuated.
The bottom floor housed a church and apartments above.
The fire was brought under control at 6:17 a.m.
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The FDNY says 168 firefighters responded to the 4:20 a.m. fire in the Brownsville section.
Five firefighters suffered minor injuries. There were taken to a hospital for evaluation.
The fire started on the second floor of the Clarkson Avenue building and quickly spread to three other buildings, which were evacuated.
The bottom floor housed a church and apartments above.
The fire was brought under control at 6:17 a.m.
Copyright 2010 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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Permalink Reply by Mike Bond on
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This was very interesting, I have never been on a Dept. with 168 firefighters, and yet have had adjoining structures involved, hopefully the bigger majority were just staged, or that would be a cluster mess of equiptment, and firefighters. I would really like to have seen it!
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