Firefighter Injured in Two-Alarm Fire on Vanderbilt Street

By BoroPark24 Staff

A two-alarm fire tore through a home at 525 Vanderbilt Street, right outside Boro Park, on Wednesday afternoon, leaving one firefighter with a minor injury.

FDNY responded to the scene at 2:03 p.m. and transmitted a second alarm at 2:17 p.m. Video from the scene showed heavy flames and thick smoke pouring from the top of the house.

The fire was put out just before 3 p.m. No other injuries were reported, according to FDNY.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

photos: Dovid Jaroslawicz