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Breaking: Smoke Over Bushwick as FDNY Fights 5 Alarm Cypress Hills Blaze

Dark smoke filled the sky over north Brooklyn and Queens just before sunset on Sunday as firefighters responded to a 5-alarm fire that, at press time, had already consumed 3 residences and an extension on a church on Arlington Ave in Cypress Hills, the FDNY tells Bushwick Daily

By Emilie Ruscoe

April 25, 2016 · 1 min read

Breaking: Smoke Over Bushwick as FDNY Fights 5 Alarm Cypress Hills Blaze
Smoke over Bushwick Sunday night. Via Twitter user @stfuindy.
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Breaking: Smoke Over Bushwick as FDNY Fights 5 Alarm Cypress Hills Blaze

Dark smoke filled the sky over north Brooklyn and Queens just before sunset on Sunday as firefighters responded to a 5-alarm fire that, at press time, had already consumed 3 residences and an extension on a church on Arlington Ave in Cypress Hills, the FDNY tells Bushwick Daily

· 1 min read
Breaking: Smoke Over Bushwick as FDNY Fights 5 Alarm Cypress Hills Blaze

Dark smoke filled the sky over north Brooklyn and Queens just before sunset on Sunday as firefighters responded to a 5-alarm fire that, at press time, had already consumed 3 residences and an extension on a church on Arlington Ave in Cypress Hills, the FDNY tells Bushwick Daily.

The fire originated at 270 Arlington Ave between Elton street and…

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