Brooklyn Row Houses Gutted By Fire
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) -- The FDNY battled a four-alarm fire at a multi-family home in Brooklyn Saturday afternoon.
More than 150 firefighters responded to the blaze on Hemlock Street in the Cypress Hills neighborhood of the borough and police said the fire was under control as of 4:30 p.m.
Assistant Fire Chief James Daly told 1010 WINS firefighters observed heavy fire and smoke when they got to the scene.
Daly said all residents were evacuated.
The fire spread from the area above the ceiling of the building's top floor to two adjoining buildings on its left, Daly said. Four homes were damaged in the fire.
Daly said five firefighters sustained minor injuries, but no civilians were injured.
"So a job well done," Daly said.
Nine families, 21 adults and 10 children, were displaced due to the fire; the Red Cross has provided them housing for the weekend.
The fire department said the fire began at around 2:30 p.m.
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