Fire destroys building in Brooklyn, spreads to neighboring homes

Fire destroys building in Brooklyn, spreads to neighboring homes

The blaze broke out at a building at 922 Lafayette Avenue in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn shortly after 1:30 p.m.

Bed-Stuy Fire Guts Three Buildings as Investigators Work to Uncover Cause

FDNY firefighters battle heavy flames during a three-alarm fire on Lafayette Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesanton.

Investigators probe cause of Bed-Stuy fire that gutted three buildings • Brooklyn Paper

Firefighters spent three hours working to contain a three-alarm fire that caused a building to collapse and left two others badly damaged at 920, 922 and 924 Lafayette Ave. in Bedford-Stuyvesant on Wednesday afternoon, officials said. The Fire Department began receiving multiple calls for the fire just after 1:30 p.m. Engine Company 214 and Tower Ladder 111 arrived to find heavy fire on the first, second and third floors of a three-story wood-fr…