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Firefighters Tackle Compactor Fire in Harlem

May 21, 2012 10:46am | Updated May 21, 2012 10:46am
A garbage compactor in 630 Lenox Avenue in Harlem caught fire on May 21, 2012.
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HARLEM — A garbage compactor in a Lenox Avenue high-rise building caught fire Monday morning, fire officials said.

The trash ignited just before 10 a.m. on the third-floor of 630 Lenox Avenue, a 17-story building near West 142nd Street, an FDNY spokesman said.

There were no reported injuries, the spokesman said.

The blaze too 60 firefighters from 12 units to get under control.

 

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