At least a dozen people were seriously injured after the trash chute inside a Brooklyn building caught fire overnight, city officials reported.
The first 911 call came into the FDNY shortly after 11 p.m. Saturday for a fire in the Bridge Street building, the department said. Multiple units rushed to the Farragut Houses, a NYCHA complex in Downtown Brooklyn, within minutes.
In addition to the 12 people seriously hurt, another six had minor injuries, FDNY officials said. A firefighter was also injured, bringing the total count to 19.
It wasn't immediately clear how everyone got their injuries or how the fire started.
The investigation is ongoing.
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