FDNY officials say two firefighters were injured while battling fire at NYCHA building in Soundview section of the Bronx on Tuesday afternoon. ShoshBedrosian reports.
CBS New York has learned there is extensive fire damage to four apartments on the sixth floor and also significant water damage to the lower apartments, after crews fought the blaze for more than 20 minutes.
Officials said firefighters were met with heavy flames and smoke on the sixth floor, adding the fire soon spread into the crawl space between the ceiling and the roof, which caused the flames to spread even more. They said it was very fortunate the roof didn't collapse. A neighbor, who shared videos with CBS New York, said he was playing with his kids outside at around 2 p.m. when he noticed smoke coming from a sixth-floor corner apartment. He said he began to see large flames shooting out of the windows and out of the roof soon after.
"It was crazy. It was huge flames on the roof. It was a huge flame. It was crazy scary. I thought somebody got killed, but thank God nobody got hurt," Wilson Lino said. "When they called, I didn't think it was going to be this bad. I thought it was just going to be some smoke, but it was more than that," added Kenneth Giles, who lives in the building.Officials said the cause of fire is under investigation.
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