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FDNY Bronx 66-33-2224 Third Alarm at 225 E 149th Street;
A three-alarm blaze tore through a South Bronx building on Saturday morning — leaving at least 37 people, including a child, hurt, according to published reports. The fire started on the fifth floor of the 27-story E. 149th St. building near Park Ave. about o7:40 a.m. More than 135 firefighters were operating. News media is reporting taht the fire was under control in a two hour time span. Fire officials say 37 people suffered injuries as a result of a three-alarm fire Saturday morning at a 27-story building in the Bronx.
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Links:
- NY1.com Video: http://www.ny1.com/content/top_stories/180393/three-alarm-fire-in-bronx-building-injures-37–fdny-says
- http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/bronx/south-bronx-fire-injures-16-including-child-article-1.1315732
- http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/bronx/firefighters_battling_bronx_blaze_ug68PLaU6h5neUQd1AQCnJ
- http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/bronx/firefighters_battling_bronx_blaze_ug68PLaU6h5neUQd1AQCnJ
- http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/04/13/at-least-10-injured-in-bronx-high-rise-fire/
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