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5 people hospitalized, more than a dozen treated after hazmat situation in Brooklyn

Hazamat incident overnight in Brooklyn
Hazamat incident overnight in Brooklyn 00:19

NEW YORK -- Twenty people required medical attention overnight in the Bronx due to a hazmat incident. 

The FDNY responded to reports of an odor at McDonald Avenue between Avenues M and N.

Crews located the problem in the basement of the building.

Five of the people treated were taken to Coney Island Hospital. 

No further details have been provided. 

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