Ablaze in the wee hours

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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.

fire, Engine 52, Engine 81, Ladder 46, firefighters, FDNY, NYPD, Frida Sterenberg, Heather J. Smith

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