FDNY称,周二早上,纽约市布鲁克林区的一个仓库发生三级火灾,造成八人受伤。
大约150名消防队员和急救人员在上午10点37分接到报警电话,称伊利盆地海洋动物收容所发生火灾,该收容所位于NYPD。
三名消防员,三名急救人员和两名平民在大火中受伤,FDNY部门负责人约翰·霍金斯说记者招待会。
据霍金斯称,消防人员要完全扑灭火焰还需要几天时间。
NYPD表示,伊利盆地设施包含高度易燃的物品,如汽车、摩托车和电动自行车,以及生物证据,包括DNA和犯罪证据。
官员们说,他们不知道破坏的程度,一些证据可以追溯到几十年前。
Massive fire breaks out at NYPD storage facility, 8 people injured
Eight people were hurt after a massive three-alarm fire broke out in a warehouse in Brooklyn, New York, on Tuesday morning, the FDNY said.
Around 150 firefighters and EMT personnel responded to calls at 10:37 am of a fire at Erie Basin Marine Pound, an NYPD impound facility.
Three firefighters, three EMT workers and two civilians were injured in the blaze, FDNY Chief of Department John Hodgens said at anews conference.
According to Hodgens, it will take a few days for firefighters to fully extinguish the flames.
A fireboat works to control a large fire in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Red Hook, Dec. 13, 2022 in New York City.
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The NYPD said that the Erie Basin facility contains highly combustible items such as cars, motorcycles and E-bikes as well as biological evidence, including DNA and evidence from crimes.
Officials said they don't know the extent of the damage and that some of the evidence goes back decades.