A 5-alarm fire erupted at a factory in Brooklyn, New York, in the early hours of Wednesday, March 11.
About 250 firefighters and emergency services personnel responded to the fire, with two firefighters suffering smoke inhalation, according to News 12 Brooklyn, citing the New York City Fire Department (FDNY).
Footage here, by Yasser Alkhader, shows the fire and a huge cloud of smoke rising from the site.
“A massive fire, the likes of which I’ve never seen before, broke out in Brooklyn, New York. We don’t know the cause of the fire,” Alkhader wrote on X. Credit: Yasser Alkhader via Storyful