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4-Year-Old Burned In Brooklyn Fire, 3 Adults Treated For Smoke Inhalation

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- A 4-year-old is hospitalized after suffering burns overnight in a fire in Brooklyn.

The flames broke out around 1:15 a.m. on the top floor of a three-story building on Pitkin Avenue.

The child was rushed to New York Presbyterian Hospital-Cornell.

Three adults - two 37-year-old women and an 18-year-old man - were taken to area hospitals to with smoke inhalation, and two firefighters suffered minor injuries.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

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