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Massive Fire Rips Through Bed-Stuy Home

April 29, 2013 7:17am | Updated April 29, 2013 7:17am
A three-alarm fire tore through a private home in Bed-Stuy, April 28, 2013, FDNY said.
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BEDFORD-STUYVESANT — A massive fire broke out Sunday evening at a private two-story home on Lexington Avenue, according to the FDNY.

More than 140 firefighters from 33 units raced to the blaze at 618 Lexington Ave., between Lewis and Stuyvesant avenues, about 6:00 p.m., a department spokesman said.

The fire, which sparked in the yard and spread to the first and second floors of the home, was under control shortly after 7:15 p.m., the spokesman said.

No injuries were reported, he added. The cause is under investigation.

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