NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Firefighters are battling a six-alarm blaze that has injured nine people in the East Village.
Flames broke out shortly after 1:45 a.m. at a six-story building on First Avenue between 11th and 12th Streets. The building houses a storefront on the bottom and apartments above.
FDNY Chief of Department James Leonard called it a “very difficult, stubborn fire to fight.”
