Park Slope High-Rise Fire Injures 1

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One civilian was transported to the hospital with a ”minor injury” after a fire tore through the top floor of a high-rise apartment building at 341 10th Street in Park Slope, Brooklyn, according to the Fire Department of New York (FDNY).

The fire broke out around 3:30 p.m. on Monday afternoon. It was declared “under control” about 40 minutes later.

Worried residents tweeted photos and videos of the apartment fire from the street below.

“Firemen smashed top windows... to release smoke,” tweeted Gerard May.

May also wrote that “people who say they have lived in the building for a long time (33 years) said no fire alarms went off.”

A listing for the building that caught fire calls it “a fantastic elevator building with a laundry room, centrally located within a block of five different trains and only a few minutes’ walk to Prospect Park.” The same listing calls the building ”fireproof.”