Crime & Safety
Brooklyn Blaze Leaves 14 Homeless For The Holidays: FDNY
Fourteen Cypress Hills residents were displaced by a second-alarm fire that erupted on Ashford Street Thursday morning, said FDNY.
CYPRESS HILLS, BROOKLYN — A massive blaze that ripped through a Brooklyn block Thursday morning has left 14 people homeless for the holidays, according to the FDNY.
The fire first erupted at 177 Ashford St. around 1:05 a.m. and quickly escalated to a second-alarm emergency by 1:20 a.m., an FDNY spokesman said.
Two people were minorly injured as 25 units and 106 firefighters fought to put out the roaring flames which spread into nearby buildings, said FDNY.
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The American Red Cross reported that the fire left 14 people displaced just four days before Christmas.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
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