Crime & Safety
1 Person 'Seriously' Hurt After Fire Erupts At Clinton Hill Home: FDNY
The person was hospitalized with serious — albeit non-life threatening — injuries, the FDNY said.
BROOKLYN, NY — A fire broke out at a Clinton Hill home Sunday seriously injuring one person, according to the FDNY.
The blaze began shortly before 9 a.m. at 210 Washington Avenue, a two-story family home located on the block between Willoughby and Myrtle Avenues, around the corner from the Pratt Institute, fire officials confirmed.
The FDNY quickly issued an all-hands alarm and about 60 firefighters rushed to the home to quell the first-floor flames, according to the FDNY.
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After fighting the fire for under an hour, firefighters got the blaze under control about 9:40 a.m., but one person was still seriously hurt in the process, fire officials said.
The person was rushed to a nearby hospital with "serious," but not life threatening, injuries, according to the FDNY.
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