Almost 200 New York firefighters are battling an enormous five-alarm blaze at a Bronx condominium constructing Friday morning that has left at the least seven individuals injured.
The FDNY responded to the large blaze at a six-story residential constructing at 2910 Wallace Ave. within the East Bronx round 1:40 a.m., hearth officers mentioned — with alarming video exhibiting the constructing engulfed with flames billowing from the roof.
Inside an hour, “heavy wind conditions” elevated the hearth to 5 alarms — the very best alarm degree indicating a extreme hearth, based on the FDNY.
The seven injured embrace 5 firefighters and two civilians, the FDNY mentioned.
One of many civilians was handled on the scene and declined to be taken to a hospital.
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