The flames broke out on the first floor on the building on Third Avenue in the Melrose section just before 5:15 a.m.
One firefighter suffered a minor injury and was taken to the burn unit at Cornell Medical Center.
The building houses a business on the first floor and has two floors of vacant apartments above.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
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