Three-Alarm Fire Rips Through Three-Story Building In Crown Heights, Brooklyn
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- Firefighters battled a blaze that broke out at a building in Crown Heights, Brooklyn Tuesday night.
The FDNY responded to the three-story building near the corner Bergen Street and Franklin Avenue after flames broke out around 9:15 p.m.
Fire in Crown Heights on Bergen st near Franklin Ave. NYFD is on site pic.twitter.com/J6mzKv53Q1
— Josh Pindjak (@joshpindjak) January 3, 2018
Neighbors took to Twitter to post videos from the scene as the city's Office of Emergency Management advised people in the area to close their windows and avoid the smoke produced by the flames.
.@FDNY Three-Alarm Fire: Bergen Street and Franklin Avenue in Brooklyn. Expect smoke and traffic delays in the area. People nearby should avoid smoke and close windows. Multilingual/ASL link: https://t.co/PosXqPHajp. #fire
— NYCEM - Notify NYC (@NotifyNYC) January 3, 2018
Authorities say three firefighters sustained non-life threatening injuries as units worked to extinguish the blaze.