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FDNY: 2 injured in high-rise building fire in Harlem

2 critically hurt in Harlem fire
2 critically hurt in Harlem fire 00:21

NEW YORK -- A fire in a high-rise apartment building in Harlem on Thursday morning left two people critically hurt.

Chopper 2 flew over the building in the Martin Luther King Jr. Houses on West 112th Street. The FDNY said the fire broke out just before 6 a.m. Firefighters brought it under control an hour later.

The two people hurt are at Mount Sinai Hospital.

The cause of the blaze is under investigation.

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