The flames broke out around 1:35 a.m. in an apartment building at 617 West 141st Street, the FDNY said.
Two hundred fire and EMS personnel were needed to extinguish the blaze, which was deemed under control shortly after 6 a.m., fire officials said.
The fire tore through the top floor and cockloft — the area between the ceiling and roof — of the six-story Hamilton Heights building. Seven residents and two firefighters suffered minor injuries, officials said. FDNY Chief of Department John Hodgen said that seven apartments on the top floor of the building “were affected by fire” and when flames get in the cockloft, “it can quickly spread throughout the entire top floor of the building.”There was reportedly extensive damage through the building.Hodgens said there was extensive damage throughout the building, including lower apartments that were impacted by the amount of water used by firefighters to extinguish the blaze.
The Red Cross was assisting any displaced residents, the FDNY said. The cause of the fire is under investigation, officials said. Shortly after 2 a.m. Saturday, fire broke out on the third-floor of a six-story building at 7420 Ridge Blvd. in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, officials said. One unidentified person was taken to Kings County Hospital in critical condition, the FDNY said. The blaze, which was brought under control shortly after 2:40 a.m., is under investigation.
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