4 Hurt In Crown Heights Apartment Fire, FDNY Says

CROWN HEIGHTS, BROOKLYN —Four people were sent to the hospital Wednesday morning after a fire broke out in a Crown Heights apartment, officials said.

The fire began shortly before 7 a.m. on the second floor of a building at 1225 Eastern Pkwy., according to an FDNY spokesperson. It took firefighters just over an hour to put the flames under control.

Three people were sent to the hospital in critical condition and one firefighter was sent to the hospital with minor injuries, the spokesperson said.