RED HOOK, Brooklyn (WABC) — Four people were injured, including two firefighters, in a Brooklyn apartment building fire early Thursday.<\/p>\n
The fire broke out just after 5 a.m. in the Red Hook East Housing Development off of Columbia Street.<\/p>\n
NewsCopter 7 was over the scene where you could see heavy damage to an apartment on the fifth floor of the building.<\/p>\n
The flames were extinguished about an hour and a half later, but firefighters were still searching inside the building.<\/p>\n
Two residents were taken to the hospital.<\/p>\n
One firefighter was hospitalized and another was checked out at the scene.<\/p>\n
Residents were evacuated into the courtyard of the building.<\/p>\n
The cause of the fire is under investigation.<\/p>\n
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