Overview
- Reports of the fire at 106 Fort Washington Avenue came in just after 8:45 p.m., and crews arrived within four minutes, officials said.
- Firefighters encountered heavy fire on the fourth floor with flames extending to the fifth and sixth floors and into the cockloft.
- The incident escalated to five alarms, drawing 220 firefighters and EMS personnel, and was brought under control after several hours.
- Nine people were injured, including three firefighters with minor injuries, and six civilians were taken to hospitals as about six families were displaced by heavy damage.
- The FDNY urged nearby residents to avoid smoke and close windows, and said the cause remains under investigation; earlier in the day a separate five-alarm Bronx auto-shop fire hospitalized four firefighters and displaced 16 people.