Massive fire tears through vacant Harlem building, 4 FDNY firefighters hurt

Four firefighters were injured battling a monolithic blaze that tore done a vacant Harlem building, FDNY officials said Thursday.

Huge flames could beryllium seen blasting done the extortion of the five-story gathering connected W. 139th St. adjacent Malcolm X Blvd. opening 9 p.m. Wednesday, FDNY officials said.

“We had dense occurrence connected each 5 floors of this gathering and done the roof,” FDNY Chief of Fire Operations Kevin Woods said connected X, adding that the gathering “had been vacant for galore years.”

More than 180 firefighters and EMS members were called successful to enactment retired the blaze, which began eating distant astatine neighboring buildings, Woods said.

The structural stableness of the burning gathering was truthful atrocious firefighters were ordered to autumn backmost and “go to an exterior occurrence attack,” Woods said.

Firefighters conflict blaze successful Harlem connected Wednesday. (FDNY)

Three operation ladders were called successful and pumped gallons upon gallons of h2o onto the roof, images shared connected X showed.

The occurrence burned for astir 4 hours earlier it was brough nether power astir 12:45 a.m. Thursday, officials said.

Four firefighters suffered insignificant injuries warring the blaze.

FDNY occurrence marshals are moving to find what sparked the fire.