Crime & Safety
Two-Alarm Blaze Burns In Brooklyn Asian Eatery: FDNY, Video
No one has been reported injured at the KLC Cafe at this time: NYPD
BATH BEACH, NY — Firefighters battled a two-alarm blaze in a Brooklyn Asian fusion restaurant for nearly two hours Saturday afternoon, according to the FDNY and video taken at the scene.
The fire that erupted at 12:46 p.m., extended to the walls and ceilings of KLC Cafe, located at 1946 86th St., according to the FDNY and video posted to Citizen.
No one appears to have been injured in the blaze, a police spokesperson said.
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In several Citizen App videos, from varying angles, smoke can be seen billowing from KLC Cafe, which is attached to several other businesses, as firefighters from 25 different ladder companies extinguished the fire.
A total of five firefighters, of the 106 fire and EMS personnel on the scene, were injured at the blaze and sent to an area hospital, added the spokesperson.
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The FDNY says the blaze was put out at 1:46 p.m.
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