5 arrested in Brooklyn bar fight

BROOKLYN Five people have been arrested.

The fight started around 2:40 a.m. inside a Bay Ridge bar called "The Kettle Black."

Investigators say the fight started when a man punched the NYPD officer in the face. The firefighter and the Port Authority officer tried to intervene, but the cop was hit in the face and the firefighter was slashed on the arm with a knife.

It is unclear what sparked the violence.

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