Nearly 200 New York firefighters are battling a massive five-alarm blaze at a Bronx apartment building Friday morning that has left at least seven people injured.
The FDNY responded to the huge blaze at a six-story residential building at 2910 Wallace Avenue in the East Bronx just before around 1:40 a.m., fire officials said — with alarming video showing the building engulfed with flames billowing from the roof.
Within an hour, “heavy wind conditions” elevated the fire to five alarms — the highest alarm level indicating a severe fire, according to the FDNY.
The seven injured include five firefighters and two civilians, the FDNY said.
One of the civilians was treated at the scene and declined to be taken to a hospital.
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