Blaze Destroys Brooklyn Waterfront Warehouses
From Times Wire Reports
A raging fire laid waste to a complex of seven old warehouses on the Brooklyn waterfront, creating a huge plume of smoke over New York.
Fire Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta said the cause of the 10-alarm fire would be investigated as possible arson. He called it the largest fire in the city in more than a decade, excluding the World Trade Center attack.
More than 400 firefighters were called to the scene, and five fireboats pumped water on the blaze from the East River for hours.
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