The fire broke out on the third floor of a five-story building located at 2505 Hoffman Street in the Belmont section just before 7 p.m.
It quickly grew to two alarms.
The fire was placed under control just after 8 p.m. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
One civilian was taken to Jacobi Hospital in critical condition.
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