Six firefighters injured as emergency crew battle huge Brooklyn building blaze
AT LEAST six firefighters have been injured as they battle to contain a huge blaze which has engulfed a building in the New York borough of Brooklyn, according to reports.
Firefighters battle huge blaze in New York's Brooklyn
Flames could be seen shooting out the windows of the three-story building in Crown Heights, Brooklyn.
It is unclear what sparked the blaze on Bergen St but the New York Fire Department (FDNY) has said at least three of their crew have received non-life threatening injuries.
Local reports later raised the number of firefighter injured to six and one police officer is also believed to have been injured in the incident.
The FDNY tweeted: “FDNY members are operating on the scene of a 3-alarm fire at 910 Bergen St, Brooklyn.”
A huge fire has engulfed a building in Brooklyn Crown Heights
This fire comes hours after a massive blaze in the Bronx left 23 injured on Tuesday morning.
And follows the New York borough’s deadliest fire in two decades on December 28 which killed 12 after flames ripped through another Bronx building.