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A vacant brownstone is up in flames right now in Crown Heights, Brooklyn.

It's also under investigation whether squatters were inside that building. "It seems to us that the building was under renovation, FDNY Assistant Chief Jospeh Jardin said. "We had a firefighter initially upon entry fall through the floor. That's how we discovered it was compromised due to the renovation from a structural integrity perspective." That firefighter was able to pull himself out of that hole uninjured. The blaze then moved up to the third floor through the windows. "There was a pretty significant collapse of the cornice," Jardin said. "The front part of the roof building you may se...

It's also under investigation whether squatters were inside that building. "It seems to us that the building was under renovation, FDNY Assistant Chief Jospeh Jardin said. "We had a firefighter initially upon entry fall through the floor. That's how we discovered it was compromised due to the renovation from a structural integrity perspective." That firefighter was able to pull himself out of that hole uninjured. The blaze then moved up to the third floor through the windows. "There was a pretty significant collapse of the cornice," Jardin said. "The front part of the roof building you may se...