Crime & Safety
11 People Injured in Bed-Stuy Fire
Four residents critically hurt in early-morning blaze.
Eleven people were injured, four critically, when a fire broke out in a Chauncey Avenue home in Bed-Stuy Thursday morning.
According to the fire department, the call came in for a two-alarm blaze at shortly after 9 a.m.
25 units responded to the scene, with more than 100 firefighters active in the area.
Fire swept quickly through two floors of the three-story building, trapping a handful of residents inside.
Four people were critically injured and were taken to Brooklyn hospitals along with seven others whose injuries varied in severity.
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