2-alarm fire damages Harlem apartment building

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Friday, February 21, 2020
2-alarm fire damages Harlem apartment building
Shirleen Allicot has breaking details on the blaze. Flames could be seen shooting from the fifth floor.

HARLEM, Manhattan (WABC) -- A fire tore through an apartment building in Harlem in Harlem early Friday.



It broke out before 3:30 a.m. in the unit block of Bradhurst Avenue.



Firefighters pushed through bitterly cold temperatures as the blaze went to two alarms.



Flames could be seen on the fifth floor before crews got the upper hand.



There were no immediate reports of injuries.



Fire investigators are working to determine the cause.



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