At least 12 firefighters were injured battling a blaze Sunday in the West Village, the FDNY says.
Twelve firefighters are hurt after a two-alarm blaze broke out at a building in the West Village on Sunday afternoon, authorities said.
More than 100 firefighters responded to the mixed use four-story building on Hudson Street after flames broke out just after 3:30 p.m., FDNY said. The first floor contains a restaurant with apartments above.
It took crews more than two hours to put the flames out.
Ten firefighters had minor injuries, and two were taken to Lenox Hill Hospital with non-life threatening injuries, FDNY said. The others suffered from smoke inhalation.
"It's very hot here and it was very, very labor intensive for our firefighters," FDNY Chief James Leonard said at the scene. "They had to work under extremely difficult conditions. Probably more unusual than the normal fire and that's why we sustained the injuries."
No civilians were hurt in the fire, the FDNY said.
It was not immediately clear what sparked the blaze.
