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Fire tore through a Brooklyn apartment and four New York firefighters were injured in fighting the blaze.
Four firefighters were injured in a three-alarm blaze that tore through a Brooklyn apartment building Thursday night, Fire Department sources said.
The fire began about 11:30 p.m. in a 12th floor apartment at 135 Eastern Pkwy. in Prospect Heights, fire sources said. The FDNY dispatched 138 firefighters, who wrestled with the blaze for more than two hours and brought it under control at 1:49 a.m., fire sources said.
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The fire was contained to the apartment. Neighbors said the residents there, a woman in her 60s and her adult son, escaped unharmed.
Four firefighters were brought to Cornell Hospital and New York Methodist Hospital with minor injuries.
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Two civilians were evaluated for minor injuries at the scene.
The fire marshal was investigating the cause of the blaze.
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