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Nearly 200 firefighters battle fire in 8 NY buildings

The fire spread to nearby buildings, but those blazes were quickly extinguished

By Aiden Gardiner
DNAinfo.com

NEW YORK CITY — A massive fire engulfed a Bronx building Thursday morning and threatened to spread to others nearby, an FDNY spokesman said.

About 200 firefighters were at 3985 White Plains Rd., a commercial building near East 226th Street, to battle the blaze that erupted about 6:15 a.m., the spokesman said.

The fire spread to nearby buildings, but those blazes were quickly extinguished, the spokesman said. The main fire was still raging at 8:15 a.m. and firefighters were still concerned that it could spread again.

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