New York City fire at police evidence compound leaves 8 injured, including 6 first responders
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At least eight people were injured at a New York Police Department evidence compound after it caught on fire. The injured included emergency personnel and civilians.
During a press conference Tuesday afternoon, Hodgens said FDNY responded to the fire call at the evidence warehouse, located at 700 Columbia St., at about 10:37 a.m. but were unable to swiftly extinguish it. A view of the site as a massive fire broke out at an NYPD impound and evidence storage warehouse in Brooklyn on December 13, 2022 in Brooklyn, United States. (Fatih Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) A view of the site as a massive fire broke out at an NYPD impound and evidence storage warehouse in Brooklyn on December 13, 2022 in Brooklyn, United States. (Fatih Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) A view of the site as a massive fire broke out at an NYPD impound and evidence storage warehouse in Brooklyn on December 13, 2022 in Brooklyn, United States. (Fatih Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) Firefighters respond to a massive fire that broke out at an NYPD evidence storage warehouse in Brooklyn on December 13, 2022 in Brooklyn, United States. (Fatih Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) A view of the site as a massive fire broke out at an NYPD impound and evidence storage warehouse in Brooklyn on December 13, 2022 in Brooklyn, United States. (Fatih Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) Firefighters and other emergency personnel work to control a large fire in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Red Hook on December 13, 2022 in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images) Several firefighters and other emergency personnel were injured while working to control a large fire in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Red Hook on December 13, 2022 in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images) Firefighters work at the site where a massive fire broke out at an NYPD impound and evidence storage warehouse in Brooklyn on December 13, 2022 in Brooklyn, United States. (Fatih Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) Firefighters and other emergency personnel work to control a large fire in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Red Hook on December 13, 2022 in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images) Emergency personnel work to control a large fire in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Red Hook on December 13, 2022 in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
"This fire is likely going to go on for a few days by the time we are able to fully extinguish it," Hodgens predicted. He also said the facility housed "a lot of combustible material."
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