A massive apartment fire in Brooklyn left six people dead and seven others injured, officials said.
The three-alarm inferno was first reported around 1.30am Thursday after flames ripped through a two-story residential building in Sunset Park, according to the New York Fire Department.
Terrifying video captured the flames engulfing the property and spewing out of the building’s windows, causing glass to shatter.
More than 200 firefighters responded to the call, and about an hour later, they were able to extinguish the blaze. Three of them were also injured in the blaze.
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