A fire broke out in a Sunset Park brownstone — and a Brownsville property — early Tuesday morning, altogether leaving four firefighters and one civilian with minor injuries.
Smoke eaters rushed to quell the two-alarm blaze that engulfed the top floor of a 50th Street brownstone between Third and Fourth avenues at 3 a.m., and New York’s Bravest struggled for more than an hour against the inferno, which they ultimately smothered at 4:14 a.m., according to spokesman for the Fire Department.
One civilian was transported to a nearby hospital for minor injuries, according to the fire spokesman, who noted three firefighters also suffered minor injuries.
The Sunset Park fire was followed by a Brownsville blaze Tuesday morning, which smoldered in the second and third floors of a Pacific Street residence between Saratoga and Howard avenues at 8:20 a.m. Firefighters managed to quell that blaze in under an hour, sounding the all clear at 9:15 a.m.
One fireman suffered minor injuries, according to a spokesman.
An investigation to determine the cause of both fires remains ongoing.
