Nine people were injured when a huge fire broke out inside a Brooklyn apartment building early Friday, officials said.
The fire started at 5:40 a.m. inside a three-story building on Union Avenue near Meeker Avenue in Williamsburg, with a grocery store on the ground floor, according to the FDNY.
The blaze quickly grew in intensity, reaching five alarms — 44 units with 198 FDNY members — around 7:10 a.m., firefighters said.
Nine people – a total of three civilians and six firefighters – were injured as a result of the blaze.
Two firefighters were taken to Weill Cornell Medical Center and two others to NYU Langone Health—Cobble Hill, the FDNY said.
The other patients were treated at the scene but refused to be taken to hospital, officials said.
The conditions of the injured are unclear.
The fire was brought under control shortly before 8 a.m., and the cause remains under investigation.
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