Firefighters and police officers respond to a fire in the early morning hours of Aug. 1 at 511 W. 232nd St. One resident suffered a minor arm injury, but refused medical attention.
FRIDA STERENBERG
A small crowd of onlookers watches as firefighters respond to a blaze on the fifth floor of 511 W. 232nd St., during the early morning hours of Aug. 1.
FRIDA STERENBERG
Firefighters worked quickly to contain flames at 511 W. 232nd St., early on Aug. 1.
FRIDA STERENBERG
Firefighters and onlookers stand on the street outside 511 W. 232nd St., where a fire broke out in a fifth-floor apartment during the early morning hours of Aug. 1.
Fire knows no time. This proved especially true for residents at 511 W. 232nd St., where a fire broke out shortly after midnight Aug. 1.
Firefighters managed to contain the blaze to the fifth-floor apartment where it originated. Tenants evacuated themselves, according to firefighters on the scene who met them in the hallway, and only one was hurt — a minor arm injury — refusing further medical attention.
Engines 52 and 81, as well as Ladder 46, were on scene within minutes of the call just after 1 a.m., and had the fire under control less than an hour later.
Their efforts drew a small crowd of onlookers in the dead of the night.
Firefighters don’t know what caused the fire, and it remains under investigation.
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