Officials said the fire started shortly after 12 p.m. on Friday on the third floor of the complex, then spread to the fourth and fifth floors.

Firefighters were met with heavy fire on the third floor of the six-story apartment building on Rochambeau Avenue, which spread to the fourth and fifth floors.

It was the biggest fire most people had ever seen, but the owners of Morgan Li furniture factory said they were determined to rebuild on the ashes of the old site, no matter how long it took.

Nine people were hurt – including three firefighters — when a massive blaze ripped through a Brooklyn home Friday morning, ...

A fire official said maintenance workers told him the fire began when they were soldering pipes and hit insulation.