A raging fire ripped through the outdoor dining area behind a Brooklyn hotel early Wednesday, the FDNY said.
The blaze erupted just after 2 a.m. in a tent-like area set up in the rear of the Moxy Brooklyn Williamsburg on Bedford Avenue near South 5th Street, according to the FDNY.
No one was hurt in the blaze, and its cause remains under investigation, the FDNY said.
Video captured by nearby residents shows thick plumes of smoke and flames rising from the structure.
Twenty fire and EMS units, with 78 members, descended on the scene – knocking down the flames by about 3:15 a.m., department officials said.
About 215 hotel rooms were occupied at the time of the fire – and those who evacuated have since been able to return, according to FDNY.
Allyson Stone Hattem – who lives behind the hotel – told LoudLabsNewsNYC that she and many of her fellow building residents evacuated on their own.
“My husband actually looked out our back window, and I think the noise woke him up, and we saw the entire tent of the Bar Bedford’s backyard area completely up in flames,” she said, referring to an establishment in the hotel’s lobby. “[We] grabbed both of our two children, I put my wedding jewelry on and ran outside of the apartment. So we’re all just waiting with our neighbors outside the apartment.”
