Crime & Safety
Person Injured In Wash Heights Residential Building Fire: FDNY
It took firefighters an hour to put out flames Sunday night at 325 Wadsworth Ave., an FDNY spokesperson said.
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, NY — A person was injured after a fire broke out Sunday night in a Washington Heights residential building, an FDNY spokesperson told Patch.
The flames ignited around 10:45 p.m. in the basement of 325 Wadsworth Ave., a five-story building between West 189th and 190th streets, FDNY said.
Sixty firefighters responded to the fire, and were able to place it under control around 11:45 p.m., FDNY said.
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A resident of the building sustained minor injuries, but did not need to be hospitalized, the spokesperson added.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
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It is the second time this year that a fire has taken place on Wadsworth Avenue in Upper Manhattan. On March 22, flames broke out in a 32-story residential building at 111 Wadsworth Avenue, which is between West 178th and 179th streets.
Luckily, nobody was injured in that incident.
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