RED HOOK, Brooklyn (WABC) — A five-alarm hearth burned via a big warehouse utilized by artists on the Crimson Hook, Brooklyn, waterfront.
Police say the hearth broke out contained in the warehouse on Van Brust Avenue round 11:30 p.m. on Wednesday night time.
Pressured out of the construction by the flames, firefighters battled the blaze from land and from the water, utilizing the hearth boat Marine 9. They anticipate to be there all day.
“We had in depth injury to this constructing. we had the roof collapse and we additionally had the fourth flooring collapse. So we can have structural engineers consider that,” FDNY Chief of Operations Kevin Woods stated.
The massive constructing, which dates again to 1870, homes a number of artist studios, with 50 to 100 artists utilizing the area. It was getting ready to host the “Crimson Hook Open Studios” subsequent month.
“There are such a lot of artists which might be struggling financially proper now and that is actually their desires going up in smoke proper now,” artist Lewis Matheney stated.
Nobody was believed to be inside on the time of the blaze, which is underneath investigation.
Two firefighters had been being for minor accidents.
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