Firefighters attended the Brooklyn property at about 1:40 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 5, and brought the blaze under control nearly three hours later
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- Six people died, with a further seven injured, after a three-alarm fire tore through a home in New York City on Thursday, Nov. 5
- Firefighters received a call to Brooklyn’s Sunset Park neighborhood at 1:39 a.m. local time and brought the blaze under control nearly three hours later, officials told PEOPLE
- Four people died at the scene, while another two died in the hospital later. Another person was seriously injured, while three civilians and three firefighters sustained minor injuries
Six people have died, with seven more injured, after a three-alarm fire ripped through a home in New York City.
The fire broke out in the early hours of Thursday, Nov. 5, at a home on 58th Street in Brooklyn’s Sunset Park neighborhood, with fire crews receiving a call at 1:39 a.m. local time, the New York City Fire Department told PEOPLE.
Heavy flames spread through the two-story property before spreading to an adjoining building, fire officials said…