14 firefighters, 1 civilian injured in Midtown fire

Tuesday, July 10, 2018
MIDTOWN, Manhattan (WABC) -- More than a dozen people were injured in a fire at a Midtown building on Tuesday.

Authorities say 140 firefighters responded to the blaze at the six-story building on West 39th Street just after 4:30 p.m.
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The four-alarm fire took several hours to extinguish.

Officials say 14 firefighters and one civilian suffered non-life-threatening injuries.

"The injuries were due to fallen debris and heat exhaustion, on a day like today these conditions are very difficult for the firefighters," FDNY Chief James Booth said. "Everyone who is injured is stable at this time."
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The cause of the fire was not yet known.

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