STATEN ISLAND (PIX11) — A spectacular four-alarm fire in Staten Island tonight lit up the night sky and was visible for miles.
More than 200 firefighters battled to bring those flames under control.
Emergency responders got the call of a fire on Hylan Boulevard and Loretto Street around 5:45 p.m. Saturday.
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When firefighters arrived, they found a large vacant warehouse behind the old church of Saint Joachim and Saint Anne fully engulfed in flames.
The fire grew to four alarms.
Two hundred firefighters responded and brought the flames under control in less than three hours, with only one minor injury: a burn to a firefighter’s leg.
“There is heavy damage to the structure. The roof did collapse, and right now due to the collapse we’re keeping firefighters away because of the stability of the walls,” Kevin Woods, FDNY Chief of Operations, said at a news conference near the burning warehouse.
The Mount Loretto campus, where the fire started in a vacant warehouse, is among the largest on Staten Island, with 36 Buildings.
Among the structures, two schools and a senior center.
Fire officials say this fire will not affect them.
“We don’t know how it started, but it is being investigated by Fire Marshals,” Woods said.
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