By Leila Merrill
BROOKLYN, N.Y. — Eleven FDNY firefighters and three other people were injured in a five-alarm fire Friday.
FDNY said the call came in at 5:41 a.m. for a fire at a three-story mixed-used building, and that the fire was on multiple stories, News12 reported.
Seven of the injured firefighters were transported to hospitals.
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ABC7 reported that the firefighters were mostly treated for heat exposure.
“Hot days like today, we use a lot of additional units. We burn through units quickly and we had five basically in two buildings,” Battalion Chief Christopher Gaby said.
The fire’s cause is under investigation.