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NEW YORK —Â A five-alarm fire broke out early Friday morning in the Bronx, leaving seven people hurt and more than 200 others displaced. Officials said the cold and windy conditions made it more difficult to fight the stubborn flames, which are still not fully out.
“This was a massive fire, and the wind played a major role in the conditions that we are facing,” New York City Mayor Eric Adams told reporters on the scene.
“It’s been a very long and cold morning here in the Bronx,” FDNY Commissioner Ben Tucker added. “This was a very, very large fire, wind-driven, as the mayor said. Very difficult fire for our firefighters to fight under conditions that caused us to have to have lots of relief.”
Firefighters responded around 1:45 a.m. to a six-story apartment building on Wallace Avenue in the Allerton section of the borough. Once crews arrived, they determined the fire was coming from the top floor of the building. Within an hour, it quickly grew to five alarms.
Crews spent hours trying to get the intense flames and smoke under control, but officials said the roof and all the apartments on the top floor were destroyed.
“Initially, we had fire companies inside conducting searches, removing people and attempting to fight the fire. The fire had too much headway, extremely dangerous for our firefighters. We removed them from the building and, you can see behind us, we’re using tower ladders to extinguish the rest of the building, and we’re continuing with that operation,” one fire official said.
Five firefighters and two residents suffered minor injuries, and five of the victims were taken to area hospitals for treatment, according to the FDNY…
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