Crime & Safety
Massive Fire Destroys Bushwick Home, FDNY Says
An enormous fire erupted inside a home near Halsey Street and Wilson Avenue Monday Morning, said the FDNY.
BUSHWICK, BROOKLYN — Firefighters battled an enormous blaze in a Bushwick home early Monday morning.
The three-alarm fire erupted at 1216 Halsey St. — an occupied three-story house — around 6:15 a.m. Monday morning, according to the FDNY.
Firefighters were still struggling to get the fire under control at 8:20 a.m. at which time no injuries had been reported, said the FDNY.
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LIVE NOW: Firefighters are continuing to fight the 3-alarm blaze that spread throughout a house @ Halsey St & Wilson Ave in #Bushwick. pic.twitter.com/xziswFjHHb
— Citizen (@citizenapp) October 23, 2017
Neighbors reported heavy smoke and the sounds of many sirens blaring early Monday morning on Twitter.
Really bad fire in Bushwick. It’s over 2 blocks away from my apt and my apt smells like smoke
— Meg Urbani (@MegUrbani) October 23, 2017
apparently the bushwick half of my street is burning or at least according to the 20 fire trucks that drove by my apartment at 6am
— Bri (@thot__topic) October 23, 2017
B26 and B60 buses were detoured between Wilson and Knickerbocker avenues because of the fire, the MTA announced.
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Header photo courtesy of the FDNY/Twitter
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