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FDNY Battles Fire in Chelsea Apartment Building

By DNAinfo Staff on January 29, 2010 4:15pm  | Updated on January 29, 2010 5:13pm

By Jennifer Glickel

DNAinfo Reporter/Producer

CHELSEA — A fire broke out in the basement of a Chelsea townhouse building late Friday morning.

A plume of smoke poured out of the building on 21st Street between Seventh and Eighth avenues.

At least a dozen fire trucks and ambulances responded to the scene after receiving a 911 call at roughly 11:30 a.m., fire officials said. The NYPD confirmed that the blaze originated in the basement of 253 West 21st Street.

Police at the scene said no one was injured in the fire.