UPDATE: Fire In Historic Forest Hills Gardens Building

Update: Charles Favreau of the Forest Hills Apartment Co-op released a statement about the fire Tuesday afternoon.

"The fire yesterday was confined to a bathroom. The smoke rose to the floors above," Favreau said. "It's good to know that the FDNY is there should they be needed."

A historic Forest Hills Gardens building caught fire Monday afternoon, eliciting an all-hands response from the FDNY.

According to information from fire department officials, a fire started on the second floor of the Inn Apartments at 20 Continental Avenue in Forest Hills Gardens, shortly after 1 p.m. Monday.

The fire, which is still under investigation, brought out more than half a dozen responding units and closed Continental Avenue completely at Station Square.

The fire was declared an “all hands” blaze at 1:21 p.m., and after running hoses up several flights of stairs and an escape ladder to a fourth-floor window, firefighters declared the fire to be under control at 1:43 p.m.

The outside of the building showed no serious damage once the fire was out, though at least one Gardens resident watching from the sidewalk said he saw small amounts of smoke in a fourth-floor window.

There were no injuries as a result of the fire.

Fire marshals are still investigating the cause of the incident.