Brooklyn Basement Fire Spreads to Home, Injures Firefighter: UPDATE

Photo via Abraham Rosenberg/Twitter

A two-alarm fire on the eve of Thanksgiving sent clouds of smoke shooting from the doors and windows of a small, two-story home in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.

Initial reports of a basement fire at 260 45th Street came in around 4:20 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon, a spokesman with the Fire Department of New York (FDNY) told Patch.

Half an hour later, the fire had spread throughout the building, the spokesman said. (Video below.)

The fire wasn’t declared ”under control” until more than an hour-and-a-half later, around 5:40 p.m.

No civilian injuries were reported, according to the FDNY. However, one firefighter was transported to the hospital with minor injuries, a spokesman told Patch.

Witness Abraham Rosenberg wrote on Twitter that he watched firefighters rescue a dog from the building.

Twenty-five FDNY units, including 106 firefighters and EMS personnel, responded to the blaze, according to the department.