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Firefighters battle blaze at Brooklyn apartment building

Firefighters battle blaze at 5-story Brooklyn apartment building
Firefighters battle blaze at 5-story Brooklyn apartment building 00:16

NEW YORK -- Firefighters battled a fire at a Brooklyn apartment building Sunday.

Video shows thick black smoke and flames pouring from a window at the five-story building on Van Burnt Street in Red Hook.

It happened around 1 p.m. It took about 40 minutes for firefighters to get the flames under control.

No one was hurt.

The cause is under investigation.

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