Firefighters Battle Brooklyn Warehouse Blaze
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Plumes of smoke were visible this morning here in Crown Heights along with the strong smell of smoke which you can still smell now. All this was due to this fire in Greenpoint, which has gone up to a 10th alarm, the largest ever in a decade, other then the 9-11 attacks.
Greenpoint, Broooklyn — A warehouse fire on the East River in Brooklyn on Tuesday sent plumes of thick black smoke over the city that could be seen for miles, as firefighters battled it for hours from land and boats. Eight firefighters suffered minor injuries.
Fire Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta called it the largest fire in the city in more than a decade, excluding the World Trade Center attack, and said the cause was suspicious.
Flames enveloped the complex of seven vacant warehouses, blocking out the morning light and filling the Greenpoint neighborhood with acrid smoke, and collapsing several building walls.
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