Fire tears through Brooklyn catering company

SHEEPSHEAD BAY, Brooklyn (WABC) -- A three-alarm fire tore through a catering company in Brooklyn.

Firefighters had to break through the windows to get inside Bassett Caterers in Sheepshead Bay on Avenue X.

Bassett Caterers has been around since 1962.

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It took nearly 140 firefighters to douse the flames.

Two firefighters had to be treated at the scene for minor injuries.

The cause of the fire is unknown.

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