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One person suffered a non-life threatening injury after a fire tore through a home in Brooklyn, the FDNY said
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The department got a call reporting a fire at a home on Schenck Avenue in Cypress Hills around 6:50 p.m. Monday
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More than 130 firefighters responded to the blaze
One person suffered a non-life threatening injury after a fire tore through a home in Brooklyn, the FDNY said.
The department got a call reporting a fire at a home on Schenck Avenue in Cypress Hills around 6:50 p.m. Monday, it said.
More than 130 firefighters responded to the blaze. The fire started on the first floor of the home, the FDNY said.
There is currently one non-life-threatening injury to a civilian reported on scene of a 4-alarm fire, 13 Schenck Ave #Brooklyn. #FDNY operations continue. pic.twitter.com/sjGZRu7CgZ
— FDNY (@FDNY) January 22, 2019
A witness told News 4 he saw the home engulfed by flames.
“I just saw the whole thing on fire — there was smoke coming out of everywhere, flames shooting out, and there was nothing else I could do except run,” the witness said.
It wasn’t immediately clear how the fire started.
Source : Nbcnewyork