Sixteen people, including six firefighters and at least two children, were injured in an early morning fire at a Brooklyn apartment building, the FDNY said. The fire started just after 6 a.m. in a seven-story building at 65 Bay 19th Street in the Bath Beach area,

Flames shot out of a second-floor apartment shortly after 6 am on Wednesday in Bath Beach, Brooklyn. “I was asleep. I didn’t know what happened. I woke up. The fire department was breaking the door and the window.

At least 16 people were hurt in an early morning fire in Brooklyn, and smoke-filled hallways made it hard to breathe, forcing residents to escape through windows or off fire escapes.A 42-year-old man and two children -- boys ages 5 and 5 months -- were critically injured after being overcome by smoke in an attempt to escape the building.

Tenants in the apartment where the blaze broke out left their fire-proof door open and so flames quickly spread and smoke filled the hallways.

There were at least 16 people hurt, including three critically in an early Wednesday morning fire in Brooklyn. Six firefighters were also among the injured.

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