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11 FDNY firefighters injured in 5-alarm fire

Most of the injuries were related to heat exposure; seven were transported to hospitals

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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.

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