A massive fire tore through a row of stores and an apartment building in the Bronx overnight, bubbling a virtual inferno into the dark sky but causing no serious injuries.
The fire broke out at a one-story taxpayer building — a small, cheaply built building to cover the owner’s property taxes — on Prospect Avenue in Longwood around 10:30 p.m. Thursday, according to the FDNY.
It was fully involved in flames by the time crews arrived. It chewed through a bodega, fruit shop and dollar store, then jumped to the roof and second floor of an adjacent six-story apartment building, which was evacuated.
One resident was treated at the scene for a minor injury, officials said.
Ultimately, more than 200 fire and EMS personnel responded.
The building appeared to be part of a row of businesses, some of which were damaged in the fire.
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