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5-alarm fire injures 10 in NYC apartment building

By Danielle Haynes
The blaze in the Bronx broke out around 8 p.m. Friday. Photo courtesy of the New York City Fire Department
The blaze in the Bronx broke out around 8 p.m. Friday. Photo courtesy of the New York City Fire Department

Oct. 5 (UPI) -- A five-alarm fire at a Bronx apartment building left at least 10 people injured, including several New York City firefighters, officials said Saturday.

The blaze broke out on the sixth floor of the building around 8 p.m. Friday. The New York Fire Department said at least 200 firefighters responded to the scene until at least midnight.

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The fire damaged two of the building's nine wings.

The FDNY said nine firefighters and one civilian sustained non-life-threatening injuries. At least five of the injured were hospitalized.

Fire marshals said the blaze was an accident caused by electrical wires.

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